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JC^ 9035 



Bureau of Mines Information Circular/1985 




Principal Deposits of Strategic 
and Critical Minerals in Nevada 

By N. T. Lowe, Russell G. Raney, and John R. Norberg 




UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 



i75l 

AflNES 75TH A^^ 



Information Circular 9035 



Principal Deposits of Strategic 
and Critical Minerals in Nevada 

By N. T Lo\ve, Russell G. Raney, and John R. Norberg 




UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Donald Paul Model, Secretary 

BUREAU OF MINES 
Robert C. Horton, Director 



As the Nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior 
has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural 
resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water re- 
sources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the environmental and 
cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for 
the enjoyment of life through outdow recreation. The Department assesses 
our energy and mineral resources and works to assure that their development is 
in the best interests of all our people. The Department also has a major re- 
sponsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who 
live in Island Territories under U.S. administration. 






Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data: 



Lowe, N. T. (Nathan T.) 

Principal deposits of strategic and critical minerals in Nevada. 

(Information circular / United States Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Mines ; 9035) 

Supt. of Docs, no.: I 28.27:9035. 

1. Ore-deposits— Nevada. 2. Strategic materials— Nevada. I. Raney, 
Russell G. II. Norberg, John R, III. Title. IV, Series: Information 
circular (United States. Bureau of Mines) ; 9035. 



TNa&r.U4 [TN24.N31 622s [553. 4'09793] 85-600061 



For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office 

Washington, D.C. 20402 



CONTENTS 



111 



Page 



Page 



Abstract 1 

Introduction 2 

Acknowledgments 2 

Organization of report 2 

Commodity and deposit selection 3 

Summary of mining activity in Nevada 6 

Infrastructural and institutional factors affecting 

mining activities in Nevada 7 

Utilities 7 

Electricity 7 

Natural gas 7 

Water 10 

Transportation 12 

Rail 12 

Road 15 

Regulation and taxation 19 

Mining regulations 19 

Taxation 19 

Mineral processing facilities 20 

Milling facilities 20 

Smelting and refining 30 

Review of selected mineral commodities in 

Nevada 32 

Aluminum 32 

Antimony 34 

Barite 36 

Beryllium 38 

Copper 40 

Fluorspar 42 

Gold 42 

Iron ore 46 

Lead and zinc 48 

Lithium 50 

Magnesium 52 

Manganese 54 

Mercury 56 

Molybdenum 58 

Silver 60 

Tungsten 62 

Abstracts of selected deposits in Nevada 64 

Alligator Ridge 66 

Ann 67 

Ann Mason 68 

Antimony King 69 

Argenta 70 

Atlanta ." 71 

Aurora 72 

B & B 73 

B & C Springs 74 

Bald Mountain 75 

Basic, Inc 76 

Battle Mountain Copper Basin 77 

Battle Mountain Copper Canyon 78 

Bear 79 

Bell Mountain 80 

Big Ledge 81 

Bisoni 82 

Bloody Canyon 83 

Blue Star 84 

Bootstrap 85 

Borealis 86 

Boulder City 87 

Bray-Beulah . . , 88 



Buckhorn 89 

Buckingham 90 

Buena Vista 91 

Bullion-Monarch 92 

C-M Alunite 93 

Calico Hills 94 

Candelaria 95 

Carlin 96 

Carson River 97 

Caselton 98 

Crowell 99 

Dayton 100 

Dee 101 

Dodge-Ford 102 

Dry Canyon 103 

East Northumberland 104 

Easy Miner 105 

Emerson 106 

Enfield Bell 107 

Fannie Ryan 108 

Fencemaker 109 

Fish Creek 110 

Garnet-Tennessee Mountain Ill 

Getchell 112 

Gibellini 113 

Gold Quarry 114 

Goldfield 115 

Goldstrike 116 

Grooseberry 117 

Greystone 118 

Gunmetal 119 

Hard Luck-Pradier 120 

Heavy Spar 121 

Hollywood 122 

Horse Canyon 123 

Indian Springs 124 

Jungle 125 

Kay 126 

Lakes 127 

Linka 128 

Maggie Creek 129 

Mammoth 130 

Manhattan 131 

McArthur 132 

McDermitt 133 

McGill Tailings 134 

Minnesota 135 

Modarelli 136 

Montana Mountains 137 

Mount Hope 138 

Mount Wheeler 139 

Mountain Springs 140 

Nevada Moly 141 

Nevada Scheelite 142 

Northumberland 143 

Nyco 144 

Overton 145 

P & S 146 

Pan American 147 

Phelps-Stokes 148 

Pinson 149 

Piute 150 

Preble 151 



IV 

Page Page 

Prince 152 Stormy Creek 170 

Pumpkin Hollow 153 Sutherland 171 

Queen Lode 154 Taylor 172 

Rain 155 Three Kids 173 

Rainbow 156 Tonkin Springs 174 

Relief Canyon 157 Tonopah 175 

Ridge 7129 158 Tonapah Divide 176 

Robinson district 159 Tonopah Hasbrouck 177 

Rochester 160 Victoria 178 

Rossi 161 Virgin River 179 

Round Mountain 162 Ward 180 

Ruby Hill 163 White Caps 181 

Santa Fe 164 White Pine 182 

Silver Peak 165 Windfall 183 

Sixteen-to-One 166 Yerington 184 

Snoose 167 References 185 

Springer 168 Appendix A.— List of symbols and abbreviations . . 202 

Sterling 169 Appendix B.— Common conversion factors 202 

ILLUSTRATIONS 

1. Location of selected principal deposits in Nevada 4 

2. Major electrical transmission lines, principal substations, and in-state generating facilities in Nevada .... 8 

3. Major certificated electricity service areas in Nevada 9 

4. Natural gas distribution system in Nevada 11 

5. Hydrographic regions and designated groimd water recharge areas of Nevada 13 

6. Rail network of Nevada 14 

7. General highway map of Nevada 16 

8. Highway distances between principal Nevada communities 17 

9. Highway accessibility for transporting nonreducible loads above legal weight limits 18 

10. Selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada 21 

11. Regional secondary processing facilities significant to Nevada 30 

12. Aluminum in Nevada 33 

13. Antimony in Nevada 35 

14. Barite in Nevada 37 

15. Beryllium in Nevada 39 

16. Copper in Nevada 41 

17. Fluorspar in Nevada 43 

18. Gold in Nevada 45 

19. Iron in Nevada 47 

20. Lead-zinc in Nevada 49 

21. Lithium in Nevada 51 

22. Magnesivim in Nevada 53 

23. Manganese in Nevada 55 

24. Merctiry in Nevada 57 

25. Molybdeniun in Nevada 59 

26. Silver in Nevada 61 

27. Tungsten in Nevada 63 

28. Location of principal deposits with deposit abstracts 65 

TABLES 

1. Selected principal deposit index 5 

2. Distribution of principal deposits of selected commodities in Nevada, by county 6 

3. Representative industrial electrical power rates in Nevada 10 

4. Nevada water simunary 12 

5. Rail carriers and railage 15 

6. Permits required in Nevada before initiation of mining or milling 20 

7. Niunerical index of selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada 22 

8. Selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada 23 

9. Deposit abstract index 64 



UNIT OF MEASURE ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT 



cm 


centimeter 


g 


gram 


g/t 


gram per metric ton 


gal/min 


gallon per minute 


gal/ton 


gallon per short ton 


ha 


hectare 


kg 


kilogram 


kg/t 


kilogram per metric ton 


km 


kilometer 


km* 


square kilometer 


kV 


kilovolt 


kW 


kilowatt 


kWh 


kilowatt hour 


L/s 


liter per second 


L/t 


liter per metric ton 


lb 


pound 


MW 


megawatt 


m 


meter 


m^" 


square meter 


m^ 


cubic meter 


m'/d 


cubic meter per day 



m'»/h 


cubic meter per hoxu- 


mi* 


square mile 


oz 


ounce 


ppm 


parts per million 


t 


metric ton 


t/a 


metric ton per year 


t/d 


metric ton per day 


t/h 


metric ton per hour 


t/month 


metric ton per month 


t/wk 


metric ton per week 


ton 


short ton 


ton/h 


short ton per hour 


ton/yr 


short ton per year 


tr oz 


troy ounce 


tr oz/ton 


troy ounce per short ton 


wt % 


weight percent 


yd" 


cubic yard 


ydVa 


cubic yard per year 


yd^/d 


cubic yard per day 


yd='/h 


cubic yard per hour 


yr 


year 



PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND 
CRITICAL MINERALS IN NEVADA 

By N. T. Lowe,i Russell G. Raney,^ and John R. Norberg^ 



ABSTRACT 

This Bureau of Mines publication presents salient deposit information in abstract 
form on 119 principal mineral deposits in the State of Nevada. Commodity coverage 
addresses 17 critical and strategic commodities that appear to have commercial pro- 
duction potential in the State. The core of the deposits described is taken from those 
properties evaluated under the Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability Program (MAP); 
additional deposits are included to provide a more complete coverage. Institutional and 
infrastructviral factors affecting mineral development are also discussed. 



'Physical scientist. 
•Geologist. 

'Supervisory physical scientist. 
Western Field Operations Center, Bureau of Mines, Spokane, WA. 



INTRODUCTION 



About a decade ago, the Bureau of Mines embarked 
upon an ambitious program to systematically assess 
mineral supplies available to the U.S. economy. The 
Minerals Availability Program (MAP), formally established 
in 1974 {727),'^ provides current appraisals of nonfuel 
mineral supplies for consideration in the development of 
U.S. minerals policies. Results of these appraisals are 
published on a commodity basis in a series of availability 
reports that describe the supply of a commodity from 
domestic or foreign sources in terms of tonnage-price 
relationships. 

The keystones of MAP appraisals are deposit-specific 
evaluations conducted by geologists and engineers of the 
Bureau's Field Operations Centers and by contractors. The 
deposit evaluations examine in detail the geologic, engineer- 
ing, and economic factors that determine the viability of 
individual deposits. Deposit data are obtained from many 
sources, including published and unpublished Bureau 
reports, records, and files; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 
Bulletins, Professional Papers, and other reports; technical 
and professional journals; State and other Federal agency 
publications; proprietary company reports; data generated 
during field examinations; and information obtained from 
knowledgeable individuals. 

The Bureau's purpose in publishing this prototype 



report is to present, in a single volume, nonproprietary data 
on 119 selected principal deposits of strategic and critical 
minerals in the State of Nevada. The easy-to-read format 
provides locational, geological, and operational data for 
selected deposits along with discussions of institutional and 
infrastructural factors affecting mineral development in the 
State. 

Much of the deposit-specific data were derived from 
MAP deposit evaluations that have been conducted over the 
past 10 yr. Additional deposit data, as well as information 
on transportation, water, electricity, natural gas, and taxes 
were gathered from recent newspapers and jom-nals and 
from interviews with company and State officials. Data on 
mineral production and mining history were obtained from 
Bureau and Nevada Bureau of Mines publications. It is an- 
ticipated that the information contained in this publication 
will be of benefit to geologists, mining engineers, pros- 
pectors, mining companies, suppliers of mining and mill- 
ing equipment, and others directly involved in the State's 
mineral industry. It is also anticipated that the data will 
be equally as valuable to city, county, and State planners, 
transportation and utilities commissions, local tax advisory 
boards, and other public and private organizations that 
develop policies affecting mining and mineral development 
in Nevada. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The authors wish to thank the State of Nevada, Divi- 
sion of Environmental Protection and Nevada Division of 
Mine Inspection, for their assistance and information. In 
addition, the authors wish to thank the Nevada Department 
of Transportation for graciously allowing the use of State 
highway base maps in this publication. 

Special gratitude is extended to the entire staff of the 



Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Particvilar thanks 
is given to J. H. Schilling, director; K. Papke, assistant 
director; H. F. Bonham, Jr., geologist; and J. Tingley, min- 
ing geologist, for their assistance in selecting the deposits 
included in this report, as well as providing supplemental 
deposit data. 



ORGANIZATION OF REPORT 



This publication is organized into two principal sec- 
tions: an introductory statewide section followed by a site- 
specific deposit section. 

The introductory section presents background informa- 
tion on the minerals industry of Nevada, a description of 
some existing infrastructure-institutional factors that af- 
fect commercial development of Nevada's mineral deposits, 
and a commodity review. 

The infrastructure subsection contains brief discussions 
and maps of the transportation Giighway and railroad) and 
utility (electricity, natural gas, and water) networks in the 
State. It also contains general information on milling or 
beneficiation facilities, and permitting and taxation pro- 
cedures and policies with respect to mineral development 
in Nevada. 

The commodity review consists of narrative, tabular. 



^Italic numbers in parentheses refer to items in the list of references 
preceding the appendexes. 



and map data that are intended to give a statewide over- 
view of principal commodities associated with the deposits 
described. In addition to a brief narrative, each review con- 
tains data abstracted from the Bureau's Minerals Industry 
Location System (MILS). Production data were obtained 
from the Bureau's Minerals Yearbooks and Mineral Com- 
modity Summaries, and from other published or publicly 
available sources (728-729). The reviews also include a 
listing of selected principal deposits in the State. (Most of 
the principal deposits are described in greater detail in the 
deposit abstract section.) The reserve-resource estimates are 
from published soiu-ces and, where necessary, have been 
converted to the International System of Units (SD 
equivalents for ease of comparison. The column headed 
"Size" reflects the authors' professional judgment of the 
total resotu-ce contained in the deposit. The terms "small," 
"medivmi," and "large" are based primarily on the size 
categories published by the USGS {236); definitions of the 
terms are provided for each commodity. The associated loca- 



tion map shows the principal deposits along with other oc- 
currences of the commodity. 

The largest section of the publication is the deposit 
abstract section. It is composed of a series of single-page 
summaries of information pertaining to 119 selected 
mineral properties in Nevada. The simimaries or abstracts 
are arranged alphabetically by the property's primary 
name. They are intended to report deposit information 
available through 1984; undoubtedly, the status, ownership, 
and some other data may have changed during the period 
between manuscript completion and report publication. 

Each abstract is composed of the following six main sub- 
ject areas: 

1. Deposit name and commodity. 

2. Location and ownership. 

3. Geology. 

4. Development. 

5. Published reserves and/or resources. 

6. References. 

Within each subject area there are several individual data 
elements. Not all data elements, however, are reported for 
each deposit; proprietary data have been omitted and some 
information has yet to be determined or is not presently 
available. SI measurements are used throughout the deposit 
abstracts except for published reserves and/or resources. 
Reserve-resovirce data are reported in terms and units of 



the cited publication. (It is incumbent upon the reader to 
evaluate the reserve-resource data in the light of his or her 
own knowledge, experience, and assessment of the source's 
credibility.) In contrast, published reserve-resource data in 
the commodity reviews have been converted by the authors 
into SI measurements for comparison pvu-poses. The 
reference section includes bibliographic references for the 
deposit, the USGS 1:250,000 quadrangle and largest scale 
map on which the deposit is located, and the Bureau's file 
reference or sequence number. The sequence number is a 
10-digit number that is unique to the deposit and allows 
rapid retrieval of relevant data from the MAP data base. 
Two other file references, the Mine Safety and Health Ad- 
ministration (MSHA) number (Mid number), which is 
assigned by MSHA to active properties, and the USGS 
Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), are also includ- 
ed. The MRDS is the former USGS Computerized Resources 
Information Bank (CRIB). 

An extensive, but not exhaustive, reference section 
follows the deposit abstracts. The intent of the reference 
section is to provide the reader with additional sources of 
information about the deposits described in the main body 
of the report. Although an individual reference may not 
specifically mention the deposit, the reference contains 
geological, mining, metallurgical, economic, or other data 
pertinent to the deposit. 



COMMODITY AND DEPOSIT SELECTION 



This publication is in a sense a directory of principal 
strategic and critical mineral deposits in the State of 
Nevada. Deposit and commodity coverage mainly reflects 
the Bureau's work conducted under MAP. The MAP is con- 
cerned with a continuing assessment of the geologic, 
engineering, and economic availability of mineral supplies 
for the U.S. economy. Although the Bureau's ultimate ob- 
jective is to incorporate all nonfuel mineral commodities 
into MAP, current MAP studies cover only the following 
strategic or critical commodities: 



Aluminum 


Graphite 


Potash 


Antimony 


Iron 


Rare Earths 


Asbestos 


Lead 


Silver 


Barite 


Lithium 


Sulfur 


Beryllium 


Magnesium 


Tin 


Chromium 


Manganese 


Titanium 


Cobalt 


Mercury 


Thorium 


Columbium- 


Molybdenum 


Tungsten 


Tantalum 


Nickel 


Zinc 


Copper 


Phosphate 


Zirconium- 


Fluorspar 


Platinum 


Hafnium 


Gold 







All of these commodities, with exception of hafnium, 
reportedly occur in Nevada. Based on current knowledge, 
however, only those commodities in italics appear to have 
potential commercial production opportunities; this publica- 
tion focuses on deposits whose principal commodity is one 
of the 17 commodities so indicated. 



Under MAP, the Bm-eau has evaluated nearly 100 
deposits in Nevada. Most were found to have identified 
reserves or resources; it is these deposits that form the core 
of the deposit abstract section in this report. Descriptions 
of other properties that appear to have commercial poten- 
tial and which have yet to be evaluated under MAP, are 
also included to provide a more complete commodity 
coverage. 

Final deposit selection was made after consultation with 
individuals and agencies familiar with the Nevada mining 
industry. In addition to hosting one of the commodities 
listed (as a principal commodity), deposit selection was based 
on one or more of the following criteria: 

1. The deposit has been evaluated under MAP. 

2. Information on substantial reserves or resources has 
been published for the deposit. 

3. The deposit is a producing or past producing mine with 
known production potential. 

4. The deposit is a nonproducing property with a known 
production potential based on proprietary and/or public ex- 
ploration and economic data. 

5. Sufficient nonproprietary geological and operational 
data exist to permit completion of a deposit abstract. 

Figure 1 and table 1 show the locations and names of 
the 167 principal deposits selected for this report; deposit 
abstracts have been prepared for 119 of the principal 
deposits. 

Table 2 shows the distribution (by commodity) of prin- 
cipal deposits and properties with deposit abstracts for each 
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Table 1 . — Selected principal deposit index 

(Refer to figure 1) 



Deposit name 



Map 
No. 



Deposit name 



Deposit name 



Map 
No. 



Deposit name 



(') 



Map 
No. 



Indian Springs' .... 

Jungle' 

Easy Miner' 

Wells 

Snoose' 

Big Ledge' 

Stormy Creel<' 

Garnet-Tennessee 

Mountain'. 

Mesona 

Enfield Bell' 

Gance Creek 

Q-Bar 

Dexter 

Lakes' 

Fish Creek' 

Heavy Spar' 

Gold Quarry' 

Maggie Creek' 

Carlin' 

Bullion Monarch' 

Blue Star' 

Goldstrike' 

Bootstrap' 

Dee' 

Queen Lode' 

Rossi' 

Ivanhoe 

McDermitt' 

Montana Mountains' . 

Getchell' 

Tonopah' 

Riley Extension 

Riley 

Granite Creek 

Pinson' 

Preble' 

Hog Ranch 

Lewis 

Springer' 

Florida Canyon 

Bloody Canyon' 

Rochester' 

Sutherland' 

Relief Canyon' 

Hollywood' 

Fencemaker' 

Dodge-Ford' 

Buena Vista' 

Piute' 

Hoyt 

Drumm 

IHX 

Victoria' 

Rain' 

Argenta' 

Battle Mountain 

Copper Basin'. 

Buckingham' 

Battle Mountain 

Copper Canyon'. 

Miller 

Pleasant View 

Slaven Canyon 

Fire Creek 

Hilltop 

Mountain Springs' . . . 

Greystone' 

Modarelll' 

Buckhorn' 

Horse Canyon' 

Cortez 

Bald Mountain 

Tonkin Springs' 

Gold Bar 

Mount Hope' 

Bald Mountain' 

Alligator Ridge' 

Mountain View 

Ruby Hill' 

Windfall' 

BisonI' 

GIbelllnl' 

Ridge 71 29' 

Monte Cristo 

McQIII Tailings' 



W 

BaS04 

BaSOt 

W 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

W 

Au 

Au 

Au 

BaSOt 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

Hg 

Li 

Au 

W 

W 

W 

W 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

W 

Au 

Sb 

Ag 

Sb 

Au 

Sb 

Sb 

Fe 

Fe 

Fe 

Sb 

Sb 

Sb 

Cu 

Au 

BaS04 

Cu 

Mo 
Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Fe 

Au 

Au 

Au 

BaSQ4 

Au 

Au 

Mo 

Au 

Au 

Pb-Zn 

Pb-Zn 

Au 

CaFj 

Mn 

Zn 

W 

Cu 



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85. 
86. 
87. 
88. 
89. 
90. 
91. 
92. 
93. 
94. 
95. 
96. 
97. 
98. 
99. 
100 
101 
102 

103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 
123 
124 
125 
126 
127 
128 
129 
130 
131 
132 
133 
134 
135 

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137 
138 
139 
140 
141 
142 
143 
144 
145 
146 
147 
148 
149 
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151 
152 
153 
154 
155 
156 
157 
158 
159 
160 
161 
162 
163 
164 
165 
166 
167 



Robinson district' . . . 

Ward' 

Taylor' 

Mount Wheeler' 

Altanta' 

White Pine' 

Linka' 

Dry Canyon 

Antimony King' 

Dry Canyon' 

Bray-Beulah' 

Hard Luck-Pradier' . . 

Reeds Canyon 

Victorine-Kingston . . . 

P & S' 

Kay' 

Northumberland' . . . . 

Ann' 

East Northumber- 
land'. 

Round Mountain'. . . . 

White Caps' 

Manhattan' 

Nevada Moly' 

Gooseberry' 

Dayton' 

Gold Hill 

Lucerne 

Carson River' 

Minnesota' 

McArthur' 

Buckskin 

Ann Mason' 

Yerington' 

Bear' 

Pumpkin Hollow' . . . . 

Calico Hills' 

Bell Mountain' 

Rawhide 

Nevada Scheellte' . . . 

Phelps-Stokes' 

Basic, Inc.' 

Union Canyon 

Chicago Lode 

B & C Springs' 

Paradise Peak 

Hawthorne 

Borealis' 

Aurora' 

Santa Fe' 

Gunmetal' 

Desert Scheellte . . . . 

Pilot Mountain 
district. 

Pine Nut 

Candelaria' 

New Potosi 

B & B' 

Tonopah Hasbrouck'. 

Tonopah Divide' . . . . 

Goldfield' 

Goldfleld district 

Silver Peak' 

Mohawk 

Sixteen-to-One' 

Crowell' 

Sterling' 

Rainbow' 

Nyco' 

Horseshoe 

Mammoth' 

Caselton' 

Prince' 

Pan American' 

Emerson' 

Boyd 

C-M Alunite' 

Overton' 

Virgin River' 

Fannie Ryan' 

Three Kids' 

Potosi 

Yellow Pine 

Argentena 

Boulder City' 

Eldorado Canyon . . . . 



Cu 

Pb-Zn 

Ag 

Be 

Au 

CaF2 

W 

Au 

Sb 

Sb 

Sb 

Sb 

BaS04 

Au 

BaS04 

BaSOi 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 
Sb 
Au 
Mo 
Ag 
Fe 
Au 
Au 

Hg 

Fe 

Cu 

Au 

Cu 

Cu 

Cu 

Fe 

Fe 

Au 

Au 

W 

Fe 

MgO 

CaF2 

CaFi 

Mo 

Au 

Al 

Au 

Au 

Au 

W 

W 

Hg 

Mo 
Ag 
Sb 

Hg 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Al 

Li 

Ag 

Ag 

CaFz 

Au 

CaFj 

CaFa 

CaFj 

CaFj 

Pb-Zn 

Pb-Zn 

Pb-Zn 

W 

Al 

Al 

MgO 

Mn 

Mn 

Mn 

Pb-Zn 

Pb-Zn 

Pb-Zn 

Mn 

Au 



Alligator Ridge' . . . 

Ann' 

Ann Mason' 

Antimony King' ... 

Argenta' 

Argentena 

Atlanta' 

Aurora' 

B & B' 

B & C Springs' 

Bald Mountain' ... 

Bald Mountain 

Basic, Inc.' 

Battle Mountain 
Copper Basin'. 

Battle Mountain 
Copper Canyon'. 

Bear' 

Bell Mountain' 

Big Ledge' 

Bisoni' 

Bloody Canyon' . . 

Blue Star' 

Bootstrap' 

Borealis' 

Boulder City' 

Boyd 

Bray-Beulah' 

Buckhorn' 

Buckingham' 

Buckskin 

Buena Vista' 

Bullion Monarch' . . 

C-M Alunite' 

Calico Hills' 

Candelaria' 

Carlin' 

Carson River' 

Caselton' 

Chicago Lode 

Cortez 

Crowell' 

Dayton' 

Dee' 

Desert Scheellte . . 

Dexter 

Dodge-Ford' 

Drumm 

Dry Canyon 

Dry Canyon' 

East Northumber- 
land'. 

Easy Miner' 

Eldorado Canyon . 

Emerson' 

Enfield Bell' 

Fannie Ryan' .... 

Fencemaker' 

Fire Creek 

Fish Creek' 

Florida Canyon . . . 

Gance Creek 

Garnet-Tennessee 
Mountain'. 

Getchell' 

Gibellini' 

Gold Bar 

Gold Hill 

Gold Quarry' 

Goldfield' 

Goldfield district . . 

Goldstrike' 

Gooseberry' 

Granite Creek .... 

Greystone' 

Gunmetal' 

Hard Luck-Pradler' 

Hawthorne 

Heavy Spar' 

Hilltop 

Hog Ranch 

Hollywood' 

Horse Canyon' . . . 

Horseshoe 

Hoyt 

IHX 



Au 

BaS04 

Cu 

Sb 

BaS04 

Pb-Zn 

Au 

Au 

Hg 

Mo 

Au 

BaS04 

MgO 

Cu 

Au 

Cu 

Au 

BaS04 

CaFj 

Sb 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Mn 

Al 

Sb 

Au 

Mo 

Au 

Fe 

Au 

Al 

Fe 

Ag 

Au 

Hg 

Pb-Zn 

CaFj 

Au 

CaFz 

Fe 

Au 

W 

Au 

Fe 

Sb 

Au 

Sb 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

W 

Au 

Mn 

Sb 

Au 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

W 

Au 

Mn 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Al 

Au 

Ag 

W 

BaS04 

W 

Sb 

Al 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

Sb 

Au 

CaF2 

Sb 

Sb 



75 
101 
115 

92 

55 
165 

88 
131 
139 
127 

74 

70 
124 

56 

58 

117 

120 

6 

79 

41 

21 

23 

130 

166 

157 

94 

67 

57 

114 

48 

20 

158 

119 

137 

19 

111 

153 

126 

69 

147 

108 

24 

134 

13 

47 

51 

91 

93 

102 

3 

167 

156 

10 

161 

46 

62 

15 

40 

11 

8 

30 
80 
72 

109 
17 

142 

143 
22 

107 
34 
65 

133 
95 

129 
16 
63 
37 
45 
68 

151 
50 
52 



Indian Springs' .... 

Ivanhoe 

Jungle' 

Kay' 

Lakes' 

Lewis 

Linka' 

Lucerne 

Maggie Creek' 

Mammoth' 

Manhattan' 

McArthur' 

McDermitt' 

McGill Tailings' .... 

Mesona 

Miller 

Minnesota' 

Modarelll' 

Mohawk 

Montana Mountains' 

Monte Cristo 

Mount Hope' 

Mount Wheeler'. . . . 
Mountain Springs' . . 

Mountain View 

Nevada Moly' 

Nevada Scheellte' 

New Potosi 

Northumberland' . . . 

Nyco' 

Overton' 

P & S' 

Pan American' .... 

Paraside Peak 

Phelps-Stokes' .... 
Pilot Mountain 
district. 

Pine Nut 

Pinson' 

Piute' 

Pleasant View 

Potosi 

Preble' 

Prince' 

Pumpkin Hollow' . . . 

Q-Bar 

Queen Lode' 

Rain' 

Rainbovi/' 

Rawhide 

Reeds Canyon 

Relief Canyon' .... 

Ridge 7129' 

Riley 

Riley Extension .... 
Robinson district' . . 
Rochester' 

Rossi' 

Round Mountain' . . 

Ruby Hill' 

Santa Fe' 

Silver Peak' 

Sixteen-to-One' .... 
Slaven Canyon .... 

Snoose' 

Springer' 

Sterling' 

Stormy Creek' 

Sutherland' 

Taylor' 

Three Kids' 

Tonkin Springs' .... 

Tonopah' 

Tonopah Divide' . . . 
Tonopah Hasbrouck' 

Union Canyon 

Victoria' 

Victorine-Kingston . . 

Virgin River' 

Ward' 

Wells 

White Caps' 

White Pine' 

Windfall' 

Yellow Pine 

Yerington' 



W 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

W 

Au 

Au 

CaFz 

Au 

Cu 

Hg 

Cu 

Au 

BaS04 

Fe 

Fe 

Ag 

Li 

W 

Mo 

Be 

BaS04 

Pb-Zn 

Mo 

W 

Sb 

Au 

CaFj 

MgO 

BaS04 

Pb-Zn 

Au 

Fe 

Hg 

Mo 

Au 

Fe 

BaS04 

Pb-Zn 

Au 

Pb-Zn 

Fe 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

CaF2 

Au 

BaS04 

Au 

Zn 

W 

W 

Cu 

Ag 

BaS04 

Au 

Pb-Zn 

Au 

Li 

Ag 

BaS04 

BaS04 

W 

Au 

BaS04 

Sb 

Ag 

Mn 

Au 

W 

Au 

Au 

CaF2 

Cu 

Au 

Mn 

Pb-Zn 

W 

Sb 

CaF2 

Au 

Pb-Zn 

Cu 



1 

27 

2 

99 

14 

38 

90 

110 

18 

152 

105 

113 

28 

83 

9 

59 

112 

66 

145 

29 

82 

73 

87 

64 

76 

106 

122 

138 

100 

150 

159 

98 

155 

128 

123 

135 

136 

35 

49 

60 

163 

36 

154 

118 

12 

25 

54 

149 

121 

96 

44 

81 

33 

32 

84 

42 

26 

103 

77 

132 

144 

146 

61 

5 

39 

148 

7 

43 

86 

162 

71 

31 

141 

140 

125 

53 

97 

160 

65 

4 

104 

89 

78 

164 

116 



'Primary commodity. 



'Deposit abstract in report. 



Table 2. — Distribution of principal deposits of selected commodities in Nevada, by county 



County 


Aluminum 


Antimony 


Barite 


Beryllium 


Copper 


Fluorspar 


Gold 


Iron ore 


Lead-zinc 




Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Carson City 






































Churchill . . 






3 




















1 


1 


1 


1 






Clark 


























1 








3 




Douglas. . . 


























1 




1 


1 






Elko 










11 


10 






1 


1 






8 


4 










Esmeralda 


1 
























3 


3 










Eureka . . . 






















1 


1 


12 


10 


1 


1 


3 


2 


Humboldt . 


























4 


3 










Lander . . . 






4 


4 


8 


3 






1 


1 






5 


1 










Lincoln . . . 


2 


1 






















1 


1 






3 


3 


Lyon 


















4 


4 






1 




2 


2 






Mineral . . . 


1 




1 




















4 


3 


1 


1 






Nye 






1 


1 


4 


4 










8 


5 


5 


4 


1 


1 






Pershing . . 






4 


4 


















2 


1 


2 


2 






Storey 

\A/ochno 


























1 
1 












White Pine 














1 


1 


2 


2 






1 
2 


2 






1 


1 


Total . . . 


4 


1 


13 


9 


23 


17 


1 


1 


8 


8 


9 


6 


52 


33 


9 


9 


10 


6 




Lithium 


Magnesium 


Manganese 


Mercury 


Molybdenum 


Silver 


Tungsten 


Total 




Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Dep 


Abs 


Deposit 


Abstract 


Carson City 
Churchill . . 














1 


1 














1 
5 


1 
2 


Clark 






1 


1 


4 


4 


















9 


5 


Douglas . . . 






























2 


1 


Elko 


























3 


2 


23 


17 


Esmeralda 


1 


1 










1 


1 






2 


1 






8 


6 


Eureka . . . 










1 


1 






1 


1 










19 


16 


Humboldt . 


1 


1 










1 


1 










4 


1 


10 


6 


Lander . . . 


















1 


1 






1 


1 


20 


11 


Lincoln . . . 


























1 


1 


7 


6 


Lyon 






























7 


6 


Mineral . . . 














1 




1 




1 


1 


3 


2 


13 


7 


Nye 






1 


1 










2 


2 










22 


18 


Pershing . . 






















1 


1 


1 


1 


10 


9 


Storey 






















1 


1 






2 


1 


Washoe . . . 






























1 




White Pine 






















1 


1 


1 




8 


7 


Total . . . 


2 


2 


2 


2 


5 


5 


4 


3 


5 


4 


6 


5 


14 


8 


167 


119 



NOTE: — No entry in a column indicates that no principal deposits were identified or no abstract was prepared. 



SUMMARY OF MINING ACTIVITIES IN NEVADA {30, 382, 728) 



Mining has long occupied an important place in the 
history and economy of Nevada. Through television and 
movies, millions of Americans are aware, albeit vaguely, 
of the fabulous wealth created from mining of the State's 
gold and silver deposits during the late 19th and early 20th 
century. Some people may also be aware that Nevada 
achieved statehood in 1864 in part because of the Union's 
need of precious metals to finance the Civil War. Few peo- 
ple outside the mining commimity, however, are aware that 
mining continues as a major contributor to the State's 
economy. Although only ranked 13th nationally in the 
value of nonfuel mineral production, Nevada led the nation 
in 1982 in the output of gold, barite, mercury, and 
magnesite. In addition, it was second in mine production 
of diatomite and lithiimi minerals, and third in output of 
fluorspar, molybdenum, and tungsten concentrates. 

The first mining in Nevada was conducted by Indians 
in search of tvtrquoise and salt. Franciscan monks and their 
Mexican converts worked gold placers, silver lodes, and tur- 
quoise deposits in Clark County prior to the 1840's. 
Evidence indicates that Mexicans also mined in the San An- 
tone mining district in about 1854, and French trappers 



from Canada journeyed as far south as Nye Coxmty, perhaps 
in search of gold or silver, prior to the 1860's. The late 
1850's, however, is generally accepted as the beginning of 
Nevada's mining industry with the discovery of the Potosi 
Mine in the Goodsprings district, Clark County (1855 or 
1857), and the Comstock Lode in Storey County (1859). 
These discoveries stimulated numerous other discoveries 
throughout the State, and both the economy and the popula- 
tion increased rapidly. 

Over the next two decades, output from the State's 
mines, particularly those of the Comstock Lode, grew and 
reached a peak in about 1878. In the 1880's, mineral pro- 
duction began a precipitous decline that continued into the 
20th century. Recovery began in the early 1900's with the 
discovery and subsequent production of silver and gold from 
ore bodies in the Tonopah, Goldfield, Rochester, and other 
mining districts. About the same time, significant copper 
production from the Ely and Yerington districts, and zinc 
production from the Goodsprings district began. The value 
of mineral production rose to a peak during World War I, 
but after the war, metal prices fell and output once again 
declined. 



During the 1930's, in response to increased gold and 
silver prices and increased demand for base metals, output 
again increased from Nevada's mines. In spite of periodic 
setbacks, production generally continued to expand through 
World War II and into the postwar period. Output reached 
a peak in 1956 when constant dollar value of mineral pro- 
duction for the State was nearly $202^ million. In 1957, out- 
put slumped 30% when copper prices fell, lead and zinc de- 
mand declined, and the Federal Government curtailed the 
tungsten purchasing program. Since bottoming in 1958 
when constant dollar value of mineral production was 
slightly over $103^ million, the constant dollar value of pro- 
duction of nonfuel minerals has grown to nearly $254' 
million in 1982. 

Although Nevada periodically was among the leading 
States in domestic production of timgsten, manganese, gold, 
barite, and mercury, it was the mining, milling, and 
smelting of copper ores that dominated the State's mineral 
industry from the mid-1930's to mid-1970's. During a two- 
decade period, from 1955 to 1974, annual copper produc- 
tion accounted for over 50% of the State's total value of non- 
fuel mineral output. The only exception during these 20 yr 
occurred in 1967 when a protracted industry-wide strike 
resulted in a substantial reduction in copper production. In 
spite of the strike, the value of copper ore mined in 1967 
amounted to nearly $39 million or about 43% of the State's 
total mineral production. 

Nevada's copper output peaked in 1970 when the ore 
mined yielded nearly 97,000 1 of copper valued at over $123 
million or about two-thirds of the State's total mineral pro- 
duction. Mine output slowly decreased through the early 
and mid-1970's; in 1978, it plummeted when the three 
leading companies ceased operations citing poor market con- 
ditions and environmental restrictions as causes. Copper 



output has increased modestly since the 1979 low point; 
however, production data are withheld from publication at 
the request of the producers to safeguard proprietary com- 
pany data. 

Nevada is currently experiencing a modern day "gold 
rush," and gold has replaced copper as the most important 
commodity mined in the State. In 1983, for the fourth con- 
secutive year, Nevada led the Nation in primary gold pro- 
duction in which mines yielded more than 47% of the gold 
produced domestically. 

The resurgence of gold mining stems from two unrelated 
factors. First was the discovery in the early 1960's of low- 
grade, near-surface, disseminated, micrometer-sized gold 
resources in northeastern Eureka County. The discovery 
was followed by development of and subsequent production 
from the Carlin Mine in 1965 and the Cortez Mine in 1969. 
Second was the dramatic increase in domestic gold prices 
caused by the establishment of the two-tier pricing system 
in March 1968, which created an open market price for gold 
that could fluctuate with supply and demand, and by the 
removal of restrictions on private ownership of gold in 
December 1974. 

As a result of these two actions, the price of gold rose 
from $1.13/g ($35/tr oz) in 1967 to over $19.29/g ($600/tr 
oz) in 1980, and provided the economic incentive for 
domestic producers to explore and develop deposits. As a 
consequence, Nevada has seen a large increase in gold ex- 
ploration activities over the past decade, which has resulted 
in the development of many new mines, either currently 
operating or projected to come on-stream in the next few 
years. The outlook is for Nevada's mines to yield more than 
a million ounces annually by the mid-1980's if the present 
trend continues. 



INFRASTRUCTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING 
MINING ACTIVITIES IN NEVADA 



UTILITIES 



Electricity 

Nevada is served by a mix of investor-owned £md public- 
ly owned electric utility systems. Figvu-e 2 displays the 
distribution of major electrical transmission lines, principal 
substations, and in-state generating facilities. Figure 3 il- 
lustrates the certificated service areas as designated by the 
Nevada Public Service Commission for the State's larger 
distribution systems. Several smaller systems occxu* 
throughout the State but are not shown on figure 3. 

According to the Public Service Commission, utilities 
having a certificated service area have exclusive rights to 
market electricity in the area. The utilities also have an 
obligation to provide power to all new consumers. Service 
in the uncertificated areas is somewhat competitive with 
any utility having the right to market electricity subject 
to granting of a certificate by the Public Service 
Commission. 

As of December 1983, all principal utilities had in- 



*1972 constant dollar, gross national product basis. 



dicated electrical supplies were generally adequate for new 
or expanded mining and mineral processing facilities. 
However, large consumers should expect up to a 2-yr lead 
time for planning, permitting, and construction of new 
power lines and ancillary facilities. In addition, mining con- 
sumers would be required to pay the total installation cost 
of facilities serving their operations prior to the beginning 
of construction. In late 1982, the cost of a 10-MW substa- 
tion was estimated at about $450,000, £iny three-phase line 
at approximately $19,000/km ($30,000/mi), and a 138-kV 
transmission line at $50,000/km ($80,000/mi). Although 
recovery of construction capital is generally incorporated 
into rate schedules, some isolated mining operations have 
installed diesel-powered plants for generating electricity 
rather than incur the large capital expenditure required 
for construction of transmission facilities. 

Table 3 presents representative industrial power rates 
for the principal utilities in Nevada. 



Natural Gas (689) 

Natural gas is supplied to Nevada by two main 
transmission lines. One line enters the State from the north 



Virginia -| 
City 




Figure 2.— Major electrical transmission lines, principal substations, and in-state generating facilities in Nevada. 




LEGEND 

CPN C.P National 

HEC Harney Electric Coop. 

IPC Idaho Power Co. 

LCPD Lincoln County Power District 

MWP Mt. Wheeler Power Co. 

NPC Nevada Power Co. 

OPD Overton Power District 5 

RRE Raft River Rural Electric Coop. 

SPP Sierra Pacific Power Co. 

VEA Valley Electric Assoc. 

WRE Wells Rural Electric Co. 

5C 

Scale, miles 



U 1 lll H I J » » i»,«- / 

LAS yE(ffiS£^ V J 

^v CPN I 



Figure 3.— Major certificated electricity service areas in Nevada. 



10 



Table 3. — Representative industrial electrical power rates in 
Nevada, Decemt>er 1983 



utility 



C. P. National 

Harney Electric Cooperative, Inc. 

Idaho Power Co.^ 

Lincoln County Power District 1 . 

Mt. Wheeler Power Company . . . 

Nevada Power Co 

Overton Power District 5 



Raft River Rural Electric Cooperative 
Sierra Pacific Power Co 



Valley Electric Association, Inc.s 
Wells Rural Electric Co 



Customer 

monthly 

meter 

charge 



$5.30 

150.00 

NAp 

86.40 

2.60 

3.50 

NAp 

NAp 
NAp 

NAp 
50.00 



Demand 
charge 

per kW/ 
month 



NAp 

$5.00 

2.50 

1.35 

2.75 

2.90 

1.10 

4.75 

65.181 
M.48J 
8.176 
4.00 



Energy 

charge 

per kW.h 

used 



$0.05132 
.039 
.1557 
.0099 

f2.0537 

13.0453 

.0441 

■".030 

=.024 

'.025 

. .024 

.05217 

.028 
.035 



NAp Not applicable. 

1 Idaho Power Co. has made an application to the State of Nevada re- 
questing a 57% increase in the energy charge. 
21st 50,000 kW.h. 
30ver 50,000 kW.h. 
"Ist 100 kW.h. 
=Over 100 kW-h. 

61st 1,000 kW; 1,000-kW minimum. 
70ver 1 ,000 kW. 
^Only single-phase power available. 



and after crossing the Idaho-Nevada State line in Elko 
County, runs directly to the Reno-Sparks area. The line has 
main laterals serving gas to Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, 
and Elko; to Fernley, Fallon, and Gabbs; to the Fort Chur- 
chill area; to Yerington; and to the Carson City and Minden 
areas. The second transmission line supplies gas from the 
southwest States. It enters the southernmost tip of the State 
and terminates in the Las Vegas area after passing north 
through Searchlight and Henderson. Short laterals extend 
to the Davis Dam, Blue Diamond gypsum mine and plant 
(a short distance west of Las Vegas), and Glendale areas. 
Figure 4 shows the natural gas transmission network in 
Nevada. 

The Southwest Gas Corp. (Southwest) is the intrastate 
supplier of gas and owns all main transmission and lateral 
lines. Southwest furnishes gas to the Sierra Pacific Power 
(SPP) and C. P. National (CPN) public utility companies for 
distribution. Sierra Pacific resells the gas in its service ter- 
ritory that essentially consists of the Reno, Sparks, and Ver- 
di municipalities (106). C. P. National distributes gas at 
retail in the city of Henderson, located south of Las Vegas. 
Southwest's Northern and Southern Divisions distribute 
gas to all other communities served by natural gas in the 
State. Cities and towns served by the Northern Division 
include Elko, Carlin, Battle Mountain, Winnemucca, 
Lovelock, Fernley, Fallon, Wadsworth, Dayton, Silver 
Springs, Garnerville, Silver City, Minden, Incline Village, 
and Stateline. The Southern Division retail sales include 
customers in the Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Boulder 
City areas. 

Southwest's extensive Nevada pipeline network was 
built as a result of potential revenues to be gained from the 
use of natural gas for firing steam electric generators and 
in mining and metal refining operations (106). In response 
to a rapid rise in gas rates, a major defection of large-volvune 
industrial and powerplant customers occurred between 1980 
and 1982. Those customers who could, switched from gas 



to residual oil for their fuel needs. Due primarily to this 
decline of industrial customers within the Southwest 
system, natural gas supplies are, and will be, readily 
available in the foreseeable future for existing and new in- 
dustrial customers. 

Water {384, 459, 682, 684) 

Nevada is the most arid State in the Union averaging 
slightly less than 23 cm of precipitation annually. Precipita- 
tion will vary from about 7.5 cm in the most arid valley 
-to 100 to 150 cm in certain mountainous areas. About 84% 
of Nevada's land area lies within the Great Basin section 
of the Basin and Range province. The Great Basin area is 
characterized by drainage flows into enclosed basins rather 
than the sea. Water supplying these intermontane basins 
is principally from storm runoff and snowmelt occurring 
mostly during the spring and early summer months. Ex- 
cept for times of high flow when ephemeral lakes or playas 
may be formed, most mountain streams terminate prior to 
reaching the basin floors. The annual evaporation rate is 
high within the State, ranging from about 1 m in the north- 
eastern part of the State to as high as 2 m in the southern- 
most part. Nevada has few large streams or rivers. Unlike 
those in other States, these streams decrease in size and 
increase in dissolved mineral content as they flow. Nevada 
has several large lakes, but these are generally peripheral 
to the central portion of the State's land mass. 

Nevada mining operations rely heavily on grovmd water 
as a source of water. The water supply is usually developed 
by a well, often several, drilled into deep saturated 
sediments filling the intermontane basins. Though often 
containing immense quantities of water built up and stored 
over centuries, the average annual water recharge is 
relatively small. If water usage is not kept at or below the 
rate of recharge, shortages will result. Prolonged ground 
water consumption greater than annual recharge would 
result in long-term problems for all users. It has been 
estimated that, even in the largest of Nevada's basins, the 
annual recharge does not greatly exceed 61.7 million m^, 
and in perhaps half the valleys, recharge is less than 18.5 
million. Table 4 presents a summary of Nevada water 
resources (682). 

There are other factors besides the limited supply that 
affect the supply and availability of water in Nevada for 
development. These include water quality, low yield, 
temperature, ground water movement, and water rights. 
In some basins or portions thereof, water may be highly 
mineralized or contain substantial amounts of undesirable 
dissolved salts. Generally, water resources for mining are 
developed on the edges of basins where water is usually of 
higher quality compared with that contained in the central 
portions of the basin. Some basins known to have moderate- 
to-large yields will have areas of low yield, which results 
in wells with high drawdown rates. Though usually not a 
great problem for mine and mill consumption, above nor- 
mal water temperatures occur in many areas of the State. 

Problems also arise in developing water resources in 
basins that are closed topographically but are not closed 
hydraulically. As a result of water moving from one basin 
to another beneath topographic divides, water development 
and consumption in one basin can have broad unexpected 
effects in adjacent basins. Problems with water availabili- 
ty due to infringement of water rights occur throughout the 
State. The problems are exacerbated by the largely 
unknown and little understood hydraulic systems, par- 



11 




LEGEND 

'«« Main transmission 
Transmission lateral 



A 




Compressor stations 

50 




1 


Humboldt 


Tl 


Elko 




Scale, miles 


Pershlno jf | \ 




\^l 


JlCtiurchill] eJeKaLhi.. P,n« 






on C 1 






Looufl 
-Car* 
—Store 


las 
y 


\ / \ Nye 
XEsmeralda 


Lincoln 




\ 


Clark 



Figure 4.— Natural gas distribution system in Nevada. 



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Table 4. — Nevada water summary {682) 



Estimated annual average precipitation 

Surface water: 

Estimated runoff from mountains 

Estimated inflow crossing State line 

(excluding Colorado River) 

Colorado River 

Estimated outflow crossing State line 

(excluding Colorado River)i 

Colorado River 

Surface water storage capacity (excluding 
State's portion of Mead, Mohave, Tahoe, 

and Topaz) 

Lake Mead 

Lake Mohave 

Lake Tahoe 

Topaz Lake 

Ground water (budget for valley-fill 
reservoirs):^ 

Estimated inflow 

Estimated outflow 

Recharge from precipitation 

Perennial yield of valley-fill reservoirs .... 
Stored in upper 100 ft of saturated valley 

fill 

Estimated transitional storage reserve .... 

Estimated outflow crossing State line 

Estimated inflow crossing State line 



106 acre ft 



54 

3.2 

1.3 
9.7 

.7 
9.4 



25 
29.7 
1.82 
122 
.0594 



2 
2 

2.2 
1.7 



250 
84 



.15 
.003 



includes 1970 flow to Lake Mead from Las Vegas Wash. 
^Water underground in a given valley. 



ticularly those outside of the larger municipality and 
agricultural areas. Difficulties specifically occur as a result 
of not fully understanding the interaction between surface 
waters and ground water. The surface waters have long 
been appropriated, and as ground water is continually 
developed and utilized, surface water soiu-ces, with their 
attached legal prior use rights, may be adversely impacted. 

In an arid State such as Nevada where water supplies 
are scarce and valuable, it has been necessary for the State 
government to strictly control and regulate its use. The 
State office that exercises authority over water use is the 
Division of Water Resources (DWR) of the State Department 
of Conservation and Natural Resources. The State Engineer 
is the executive head of DWR and administers the ap- 
propriation of public waters. The Division of Water 
Resources operates under a complex set of laws that have 
been developed over the past 100 yr of Nevada water usage. 

For water planning and management purposes, the 
State of Nevada has been divided into 14 major 
hydrographic regions (fig. 5) of which all but two lie within 
the Great Basin. In tm-n, the hydrographic regions are fur- 
ther subdivided into 255 hydrographic areas. Nevada State 
law authorizes the State Engineer to designate ground 
water basins, to establish preferred uses of water within 
the basins, and to limit withdrawal in these areas. 

As State policy, withdrawal of ground water is generedly 
limited to that naturally recharged to the ground water 
basin. Additionally, Nevada Revised Statute (NRS) 533.035 
states that "beneficial use shall be the basis, measure, and 
the limit of the right to the use of water." These guidelines 
result in the State Engineer assigning "designated" status 
to hydrographic Eireas where ground water resources are 
being depleted. By the end of 1983 there were 86 
hydrographic areas throughout the State that have been 
so designated. In the interest of public welfare, NRS 534.120 
authorizes and directs the State Engineer to declare pre- 
ferred uses within these basins. Preferred uses are limited 



to domestic, municipal, quasimunicipal, mining, industrial, 
irrigation, and stock-watering uses. After preferred uses 
have been established for a designated basin, the State 
Engineer is required to appropriate the scaurce water sup- 
plies in the best interest of the public when acting on water 
permit applications. In 1983, the State Engineer's office 
stated that domestic and municipal uses had the highest 
preferred order of use; mining had the next highest priori- 
ty, above irrigation. The reason given for mining's high 
priority is its relatively short consumptive lifespan and im- 
portance in securing water for mine development in areas 
where water demand approaches and exceeds the available 
supply. 

To gain water rights for mining and milling use, a com- 
pany must submit an application for a permit to appropriate 
to the State Engineer. By State statue, the State Engineer 
is required to approve an application if there is unap- 
propriated water at the requested source of supply and 
where the applicant's use does not tend to impair the value 
of existing rights or otherwise be detrimental to the pubic 
interest. An approved application— a permit— grants the ap- 
plicant the right to appropriate a designated amovmt of 
water, from a particular source, for a defined purpose, and 
for use at a defined location. 

Major mine development has encountered water 
availability problems in the past and no doubt will face in- 
creasing difficulties in the future as it competes with other 
users for scarce supplies. To date, mining has been accom- 
modated for its water needs; however, the State is required 
to protect the existing rights of water users and to promote 
the general welfare of the State. As a result, some mine 
developments have been required to obtain water from 
relatively distant locations. 



TRANSPORTATION 

The Nevada highway and rail transportation systems 
were developed imder the influences of supply and demand. 
State highways initially were developed along frontier 
trails. Once much more extensive, railroads in the State 
were built to carry Nevada ores from mines to distant 
smelters. In many cases they were replaced by highways 
in response to social pressures for road connections between 
towns. Many rail lines have been abandoned. 

Rail {686, 732) 

Nevada is served by two major railroads with transcon- 
tinental connections, the Southern Pacific and the Union 
Pacific. The Union Pacific more than doubled its rail length 
within the State after merging with the Western Pacific 
Railroad Co. in 1983. Nevada is also served by two in- 
trastate railroads: the Nevada Northern and the U.S. Gjrp- 
sum. The Nevada Northern is a short-line carrier that 
suspended operations in December 1983. The U.S. Gjrpsum 
is a private line with less than 10 km of track. 

Nevada's rail system is comprised of 2,421 km of rail 
lines consisting of 2,002 km of mainline and 419 km of 
branchline. Figure 6 shows Nevada's rail system. Table 5 
summarizes the State rail system by carrier. 

Nevada Northern Railway Co.— "The Nevada Northern 
is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kennecott Copper Corp. 
The line runs in a general north-south direction and 
traverses portions of Elko and White Pine Counties. At 
Cobre (Shafter), the Nevada Northern connects with the 



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Hydrographic Regions 



I.Norlhweet Region 

2. Black Rock Desert Region 

3. Snake River Basin 

4. Humboldt River Basin 
6. West Central Region 

6. Truckee River Basin 

7. Western Region 



8. Carson River Basin 

9. Walker River Basin 

10. Central Region 

1 1. Qreat Salt Lake Basin 

12. Escalente Desert Basin 

13. Colorado River Basin 

14. Death Valley Basin 



LEGEND 

Hydrographic region boundary 

Undesignated 

Designated 



[;X:';-j Water permits not being issued 
|:|:|||;| Designated (restricted uses) 



Scale, miles 



Figure 5.— Hydrographic regions and designated ground water recharge areas of Nevada. 



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Reni 




LEGEND 

— Freight service only 



I I I I Freight and passenger service 

SP Southern Pacific 

UP Union Pacific 

NN Nevada Northern 

use U.S.Gypsum 

9 Passenger stations 

TT f^ail flag stops 



Scale, miles 



Figure 6.— Rail networit of Nevada. (Base map, courtesy Nevada Department of Transportation.) 



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Table 5. — Rail carriers and railage, kilometers 



Carrier 


Mainline 


Branchline 


Total 


pet 


Nevada Northern Railway Co 

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. 

Union Pacific Railroad Co 

U.S. Gypsum 


238.2 

723.5 

1,030.5 

9.7 


18.8 

234.2 

165.9 




257.0 

957.7 

1,196.4 

9.7 


10.6 

39.6 

49.4 

.4 


Total 


2,001.9 


418.9 


2,420.8 


100 







mainline of the Southern Pacific; further south it connects 
with the Union Pacific (formerly Western Pacific) track. The 
mainline extends south to Kennecott Copper Corp. inactive 
copper mines in the Robinson mining district. Two branch- 
lines of the Nevada Northern connect the mainline to Ken- 
necott's concentrator and smelter at McGill. After cessa- 
tion of copper mining at the Ruth in 1976, the rail line has 
experienced limited use. The rail line was not abandoned 
but has suspended operations. Kennecott filed for abandon- 
ment in 1984. Notice of suspensions of operations are filed 
with the State for 6-month periods at a time. 

Southern Pacific Transportation Co.— The Southern 
Pacific Transportation Co. is the largest of the Southern 
Pacific Co. subsidiaries. The company has broad financial 
interests including transportation, communications, and 
land management and development. Southern Pacific's in- 
volvement in transportation includes rail, truck, piggyback, 
and pipeline systems. 

The Southern Pacific rail system links markets in 12 
States in the west and southwest, and handles transcon- 
tinental shipments through the rail centers of New Orleans, 
Tucumcari (NM), Ogden, St. Louis, and Memphis. Interna- 
tional rail shipments within Southern Pacific's system move 
through the U.S. Gulf and Pacific coasts and along the Mex- 
ican border. 

In Nevada, the Southern Pacific offers direct mainline 
service to major markets in Oregon, California, Utah, 
Arizona, and New Mexico. Additionally, through-service is 
offered to points in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, and 
Eastern United States. Extending east-west across northern 
Nevada, the Southern Pacific operates between Ogden, UT, 
and Roseville, CA. Connections in the Southern Pacific's 
Nevada rail system are made with the Union Pacific 
Railroad Co. (former Western Pacific) at Winnemucca and 
the Nevada Northern Railway Co. at Cobre {686). 

The Southern Pacific has two branchlines in Nevada, 
both of which leave the mainline at Hazen, about 70 km 
east of Reno. One branch, the Mina, runs in a southerly 
direction from Hazen for about 210 km to Mina. The other 
branch, the Fallon, runs easterly about 25 km to Fallon. 

Union Pacific Railroad Co.— The Union Pacific Railroad 
Co. transports diverse products and is a part of intermodal 
traffic in the States of California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, 
Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, 
Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. After the 1983 merger 
with the Western Pacific Railroad Co., the Union Pacific 
added about 723 km of track (688 km of mainline) in north- 
ern Nevada to its existing 473 km northeast-southwest 
track system (including 342 km of mainline) in southern 
Nevada. 

The Union Pacific rail line runs west from Salt Lake 
City, enters northern Nevada, and parallels the Southern 
Pacific's track in a cooperative paired track arrangement 
between a point near Wells to Winnemucca. Connections 
with the Nevada Northern and the Southern Pacific are at 
Shafter and Winnemucca, respectively. One branchline 



operated in the company's northern Nevada system runs 
53 km (35 km of Nevada railage) from a connection point 
with the mainline at Reno Junction in northeastern Califor- 
nia to the northern Reno area. 

In southern Nevada, the Union Pacific passes through 
Las Vegas, and has about 343 km of mainline track, and 
about 130 km of branchline. The mainline connects major 
cities and towns of southern Nevada with direct lines 
southwest to Los Angeles and northeast to the Salt Lake 
City, Provo, and Ogden areas. From this hub area, direct 
lines exist west to San Francisco; northwest to Portland, 
Tacoma, and Seattle; and east where many connections ex- 
ist for rail haulage to Gulf Coast ports. 

Union Pacific's four branchlines in southern Nevada are 
the Pioche, Prince, Mead Lake, and Boulder City. Several 
major spurs connect the branchlines to industrial areas and 
military installations. The Pioche Branch, about 52 km in 
length, connects the Union Pacific mainline at Caliente and 
terminates to the north near Pioche. The Prince Branch con- 
nects with the Pioche Branch and extends 14 km west to 
the Caselton and Prince Mines in the Pioche mining district. 
The Mead Lake and Boulder City branchy connect the 
mainline with the Nevada towns of Overton, Henderson, 
and Boulder City. 

U.S. Gypsum.— The U.S. G5T)sum Co. operates a 10-km- 
long private railroad fi:om its Empire plant in Washoe Coun- 
ty to a connection point with the Union Pacific Railroad 
at Gerlach, NV. Company practice in 1982 was to ship out- 
bound finished products using five to eight cars. Two or 
three cars were used to haul inbound raw materials (686). 

Road 

Nevada's highway and road system is key to the min- 
ing industry's successful development of the State's mineral 
wealth. The system serves the seventh largest State in the 
Union, containing about 288,200 km* (110,500 mi*) of land. 
The States stretches about 780 km (485 miles) north-south 
and about 505 km (315 miles) east-west. Federal and State 
highways serve interstate and intrastate movements, 
respectively. The county road system serves intracounty 
movement not served by the State system. 

Nevada is traversed east to west by interstate highways 
1-80 and 1-15. Interstate 80 traverses northern Nevada 
directly connecting its cities and communities including 
Elko, Battle Mountain, Winnemucca, and Reno to 
Sacramento and San Francisco to the west, and Salt Lake 
City to the east. Interstate 15 passes through Las Vegas 
providing direct connections to Los Angeles and the Salt 
Lake City area. Interstate highways comprise about 875 
km of the State's approximately 88,100 km (1980) of roads, 
highways, and streets (687). State and county rural 
highways and roads make up about 77,700 km. Figures 7 
and 8 show the State's road and highway system and the 
approximate haul distances between major points. Figure 
9 shows the relative accessibility of intrastate routes when 
planning for transport of heavy "overweight" mine or mill 
equipment loads. 

Generally, intrastate movement of mine products is by 
truck. Commonly, movement of ores and concentrates over 
the State road and highway system is by contract carrier. 
Long-distance interstate movement of mine or mill products, 
characterized by large bulk and low general value, is most 
often by rail after products are trucked to railheads. High 
unit value products such as mercury and gold may be 
trucked for long distances. However, gold dorfe -bullion is 



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Scale, miles 



50 



Figure 7.— General highway map of Nevada. (Courtesy Nevada Department of Transportation.) 



17 



223 
330 Francisco.CA 



DelU.UT 




1 33*'^ George.UT 



Figure 8.— Highway distances between principal Nevada communities. 



18 







LEGEND 



Least restrictive 



More restrictive 



Most restrictive 



Most restrictive -critical; expect difficulty 
in obtaining State approval for haulage 



50 



Scale, miles 

Figure 9.— Highway accessibility for transporting nonreducible loads above legal weight limits. 
(Base map, courtesy Nevada Department of transportation.) 



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often transported to refineries by air from the State's ma- 
jor gold mines. 

Because transportation can be a significant element in 
overall resource exploitation, mine operators attempt to 
keep their mine-to-mill or mine-to-market transportation 
costs as low as possible. Efforts have been made to persuade 
the State to increase the legal maximum weight limitations 
on State and county roads, or to grant special permits or 
waivers for continuous haulage of overweight loads. 
Because of potentially increased damage to road surfaces, 
State policy has not yielded in this area. However, the State 
does grant permits for single or one-way haulage of 
nonreducible overweight loads, such as might be en- 
coiintered when delivering heavy mine and mill equipment 
to a minesite. In Nevada, approval to haul such loads is dif- 
ficult to get during the spring months when the frost is 
thawing, and during periods when the subgrade lacks 
stability because of high moisture content. 



REGULATION AND TAXATION 

Mining is critically important to Nevada. Mining and 
mineral exploration are particularly vital to the economies 
of nimierous small towns and cities, some of which are 
almost completely dependent upon the mining industry. The 
influence on the economies of the State's large cities is more 
indirect. The mining industry contributes substantially to 
the State's economy through jobs, taxes, freight revenues, 
and the support of satellite industries. Nevada mining 
regulations and taxation are generally favorable to the 
mineral industry (i 07) as the State recognizes the impor- 
tance of a prosperous and stable mineral industry. 

Mining Regulations 

Most regulation governing development of Nevada 
mineral resources occurs at the State level: "Air quality 
control may be regulated at the county or municipal levels; 
solid waste management may be regulated at the county 
level; and zoning and special uses are regulated at the 
municipal level" (731). 

A major portion of Nevada mining law deals with claim 
location, millsites, tunnel rights, claim disposition, partner- 
ships, and licensing of equipment operators. The most 
restrictive State laws relate to mining safety and health, 
and air and water quality control. The State has adopted 
all mandatory Federal health and safety standards as 
published by MSHA, and the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of 
Labor. The State Inspector of Mines, Division of Mine In- 
spection, State of Nevada Department of Industrial Rela- 
tions is responsible for insuring industry compliance with 
mine safety regulations. 

By State statute all water supply sources within the 
State, whether surface or underground, belong to the public, 
and their usage is regulated by the Division of Water 
Resources. Federal and State air and water quality laws 
are administered by the Nevada Division of Environmen- 
tal Protection. The State air and water quality laws are 
generally no more stringent than Federal laws. 

Nevada has no State clearinghouse or one-stop permit 
agency that serves to consolidate the permitting process 
within the State. Table 6 outlines State and Federal per- 
mits (and agency contacts) required during planning, 
development, and construction. The table is based on 



Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 
L-6, State and Federal Permits Required in Nevada Before 
Mining or Milling Can Begin (rev. 1981), available from 
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Gteology, Reno, NV 89557. The 
publication contains data compiled by the Nevada Depart- 
ment of Minerals (formerly State Division of Mineral 
Resources) on when permits are required, maximum and 
minimum times to obtain permits, permit costs, re- 
quirements for public notice, and other information required 
by the granting agency. Communication with the Nevada 
Department of Minerals (400 West King Street, Suite 106, 
Carson City, NV 89710, (702) 855-5050), is recommended 
for information regarding changes or additions to regula- 
tions and permitting procedures related to mining. 

Similar information is available and explained in 
greater detail in Permit Requirements for Development of 
Energy and Other Selected Natural Resources for the State 
of Nevada, 1981, prepared for Four Corners Regional Com- 
mission and the U.S. Geological Survey (731). This docu- 
ment, available for several western States, is obtainable 
from U.S. Greological Survey, Environmental Affairs Office, 
760 National Center, Reston, VA 22092. 

Taxation (18) 

Principal taxes paid by Nevada mining operations are 
taxes on net proceeds, property taxes on mine and mill 
equipment and improvements, and sales tax paid when pur- 
chasing equipment and supplies. Other taxes are levied on 
patented mine claims, and on oil-gas-geothermal leases. 

The net-proceeds-of-mines tax is imposed on net earn- 
ings resulting from the sale of the product of the mining 
operation. The Nevada Department of Taxation is directed 
by State statute to determine the net proceeds of a mining 
operation from detailed financial data the mining company 
is required to submit. The net proceeds, which are subject 
to taxation, are based on gross yield or value of the product 
less allowable deductions for operating expenses. These 
deductions include, but are not limited to, actual costs for 
the following: 

1. Extracting ore from the mines. 

2. Transporting the mine product to the place of reduc- 
tion, refining, or sale. 

3. Reduction, refining, and sale. 

4. Marketing and delivering the product and the conver- 
sion of the product into money. 

5. Maintenance and repair of equipment and facilities. 

6. Fire insurance. 

7. Depreciation of the original capitalized cost of 
machinery, facilities, etc. 

8. Mine development work. 

9. Royalties. 

The tax rate imposed upon the net proceeds earned from 
mining is equal to the ad valorem (property tax) rate set 
by the county assessor for other property within the same 
respective taxing jurisdiction. 

Mining companies are also subject to a property tax 
assessed on mine and mill improvements and equipment. 
Property appraisal is conducted by the State Department 
of Taxation and is subject to the local jurisdiction tax rate 
set by the county assessor. Nevada's statutes limit the rate 
of the ad valorem property tax to a maximum of $3.64 for 
each $100 assessed valuation. Assessed value is set at 35% 
of the statutorily defined taxable value of the property. In 
turn, taxable value is based on the cost appraisal approach 
where value is determined by establishing the replacement 



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Table 6.— Permits required in Nevada before initiation of mining or milling (20C) 

Requirement Granting agency or agency to contact 

State: 
Permit to construct campsite Nevada Division of Healtli, Bureau of Consumer Health Protection Services 

505 East King St., Carson City, NV 89710 

(702) 885-4750 
Endangered wildlife Nevada Department of Wildlife 

P.O. Box 10678 

1100 Valley Road, Reno, NV 89520 

(702) 784-6214 
Endangered plants Nevada Division of Forestry, Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources 

201 South Fall St., Carson City, NV 89710 

(702) 885-4350 
Air quality permit to construct Nevada Division of Environmental Protection 

201 South Fall St., Carson City, NV 89710 

(702) 885-4670 

Nevada water pollution control permit Do. 

Authorization for disposal of solid wastes Do. 

Air quality permit to operate Do. 

Hazardous waste Do. 

Permit to appropriate the public waters .... Nevada Division of Water Resources 

201 South Fall St., Carson City, NV 89710 

(702) 885-4380 

Permit to construct tailings dam Do. 

Opening and closing mines State Inspector of Mines 

1380 S. Curry St., Carson City. NV 89710 

(702) 885-5243 
Historic preservation Nevada Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology 

201 South Fall St., Carson City, NV 89710 

(702) 885-5138 

Federal: 
Use of BLM-administered land Bureau of Land Management— State Office 

Division of Mineral Resources 

300 Booth St., P.O. Box 1200, Reno, NV 89520 

(702) 784-5676 

Use of BLM-administered land under wilderness review Do. 

Temporary use of BLM-administered land Do. 

Prevention of significant deterioration Environmental Protection Agency 

Division of New Source Section, Air Management 

215 Fremont St., San Francisco, CA 94105 

(415)974-8110 
Right of way for transmission corridor Bureau of Land Management 

Branch of Appraisal 
4 300 Booth St., P.O. Box 1200, Reno, NV 89520 

(702) 784-5474 

Road access (ROW) Do. 

Purchase, transport, or storage of explosives Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 

350 South Center St., Reno, NV 89501 

(702) 784-5251 
Flora and fauna U.S. Forest Service 

1200 Franklin Way, Sparks, NV 89431 

(702) 784-5331 
Notification of commencement of operation Mine Safety and Health Administration 

3680 Grant Drive, Reno, NV 89509 

(702) 784-5892 
Patenting mining claims Bureau of Land Management 

300 Booth St., P.O. Box 1200, Reno, NV 89520 

(702) 784-5751 

City and County: General plan, building permit. Contact respective city or county government affected by a proposed opera- 

special-use permit, zoning cliange, business license. tion for information on what permits may be required. 



costs, minus straight-line depreciation. The average Nevada 
ad valorem taxation per $100 of assessed value, as of August 
1983, was $2.12. Current State statute limits annual growth 
in ad valorem revenue derived from old property in the ag- 
gregate to 4.5% without a vote of the people. 

The third principal tax eiffecting mining companies is 
the sales and use tax. In 1981, the sales tax was increased 
statewide from 3.5% to 5.75%. Only Washoe County has a 
higher rate of 6%, imposed in November 1982. 

For a comparative study of mine tax impact in Nevada 
and six western States, see reference 107. 



MINERAL PROCESSING FACILITIES 
Milling Facilities 

Nevada beneficiation facilities are shown in figure 10 
and listed in tables 7 and 8. Although the State has signifi- 
cant processing facilities for such commodities as diatomite, 
gypsum, limestone, salt, and colemanite, the facilities 
shown and listed are limited to those that process any of 
the 17 commodities designated in the introduction of this 
report. The State hosts primary beneficiation facilities for 



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the processing of ores of antimony, beirium, copper, gold, 
silver, lead-zinc, magnesium, mercury, molybdenum, 
tungsten, and lithium brines. 

Much of the data given in figure 10 and tables 7 and 
8 are from the directories of active Nevada mine operations 
compiled and published annually by the Division of Mine 
Inspection, Department of Industrial Relations, State of 
Nevada {683, 685, 688). Mill capacity and type of operation 
data were derived from journals, newspapers, and personal 
communication with the owners and operators. The figure 
and tables are not intended to be comprehensive; rather, 
the data are intended to show the 1983-84 status of 
strategic mineral process development within the State. 

Over the past several years there has existed an excess 
of in-state milling capacity for copper, tungsten, and lead- 
zinc. This continuing trend through 1983 and into 1984 was 
caused, at least in part, by low commodity prices and related 
foreign competition. In 1983, the outward signs of a similar 
demise appeared for barite with many mines and/or mills 
producing at much reduced levels and some operations clos- 
ing. Fluctuating market conditions tend to have a major 
impact on in-state lithium (lithium carbonate as the prod- 
uct), mercury, and molybdenum production because each 
of these commodities are produced by a single, "large" 
operation. Mill production from Nevada's lithium and mer- 
cviry properties has been relatively stable in recent years; 
however, molybdenum (concentrate) production has fluc- 
tuated and at the end of 1983, following an 8-month shut- 
down, output remained less than capacity. 

Activity in the State's precious metal industry has been 
robust in the past several years. Several milling facilities 
have operated at rates exceeding design capacity. Mill con- 
versions from other commodity products to gold production 
have occurred. Expansion of existing gold processing 
facilities to greater capacities and the use of multiple proc- 
esses are common. The precious metal industry, gold 
especially, is by far the largest segment of Nevada's cur- 
rent mining industry. Of the 389 large and small Nevada 
mining operations active in 1983, gold and silver operations 
comprised about 57%. 

Smelting and Refining 

Nevada hosts one smelting and one processing facility 
that have been available for custom processing of copper 
and tungsten concentrates. The Kennecott smelter at 
McGill processed copper concentrates prior to its closure in 



June 1983. Kennametal, Inc., Nevada Division, is solely 
dependent on custom tungsten concentrates for its opera- 
tion located a short distance north of Fallon. 

The Kennecott smelter, colocated with the company's 
19,500 t/d (21,500 ton/d) flotation concentrator, has the 
capacity to produce 45,000 t/a (50,000 ton/yr) of blister cop- 
per. It has operated on an intermittent basis after the com- 
pany's nearby Ruth Mine closed in 1978. Since then, the 
smelter has survived on stockpiled copper concentrates, and 
on custom concentrates processed for other copper com- 
panies or from Kennecott's other operations. The smelter 
closed because of the inability to obtain adequate concen- 
trates. Kennecott plans to continue maintenance of the 
facilities in the event domestic copper industry conditions 
improve. 

The Kennametal processing plant buys tungsten con- 
centrates on the world market. As of early 1984, domestic 
concentrates were not being offered, and the plant's sup- 
ply sources were from foreign suppliers only. The company 
purchased concentrates meeting normal tungsten specifica- 
tions with 60% WO3. Minimum amount accepted per ship- 
ment is 450 1 (500 ton). Sulfur content above 1.5% is penal- 
ized (734). 

Smelting facilities are common to Nevada's numerous 
gold operations. The facilities are captive and seldom con- 
sider smelting outside concentrates. Dore product is sent 
generally to east and west coast companies for refining. 

Figure 1 1 shows and lists principal smelting and refin- 
ing processing facilities in the immediate area significant 
to Nevada. The figure does not include the Battle Moun- 
tain area barite grinding facilities (fig. 10). Facilities listed 
in the figure either currently buy, or have in the past, 
bought custom concentrates. The figure lists a much smaller 
nmnber of copper, lead, and zinc smelting-refining facilities 
than would have been included 15 yr ago. The closing of 
smelting and refinery facilities has added significantly to 
the distances companies, especially the smaller operations, 
must ship their concentrates for treatment (734). Even 
Nevada's largest operations, such as Anacon^ Company's 
Nevada Moly Mine,® may have to ship concentrates great 
distances for smelting. As an example, the molybdenum con- 
centrates from the molybdenum-copper mine have been 
shipped to roasting facilities in Iowa, Pennsylvania, 
Canada, and Europe. 



"Nevada Moly Mine indefinitely suspended operations in January 
1985 because of poor market conditions. 



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Table 7.— Numerical index of selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada 

(Refer to fiflure 10) 



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Map 
No. 



Name 



Commod- 
ity! 



Map 
No. 



Name 



Commod- 
ity! 



Map 
No. 



Name 



Commod- 
ity! 



1.. 
2.. 
3.. 
4.. 
5.. 
6.. 

7.. 
8.. 
9.. 
10. 
11. 
12. 
13. 
14. 
15. 

16. 
17. 
18. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22. 
23. 
24. 
25. 

26. 

27. 



28. 

29. 
30. 
31. 
32. 
33. 
34. 
35. 
36. 
37. 
38. 
39. 
40. 
41. 



McDermitt 

Oxbow Tungsten 

Dry Creek 

Stormy Creel< 

Wells 

Enfield Bell (Jerritt 

Canyon). 

Dexter 

Esmeralda 

Getchell 

Pinson 

Rossi 

Dee 

Bootstrap 

Goldstrike 

Bullion Monarch (Universal 

Gas of Montana). 

Carlin 

Eisenmann 

Patsy Ann 

Gold Quarry 

Maggie Creek 

Nevada Barth 

Dunphy 

Argenta 

Dresser 

Battle Mountain Grinding 

(IMCO). 
Battle Mountain Copper 

Basin. 
Battle Mountain Copper 

Canyon Precipitation 

plant. 
Battle Mountain Copper 

Canyon. 

Independence 

Bateman Canyon 

Fire Creek 

Major Barite 

Grey Eagfe 

Buckhorn 

Cortez leach 

Cortez 

Greystone 

Mountain Springs (IMCO) . . 
Mountain Springs (FMC) . . 

Jupiter 

Fortune Cookie 



Hg 

W 

BaS04 

BaS04 

W 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

Fe 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Cu 

Cu 



Au 

Ag 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 



42. 
43. 
44. 
45. 
46. 
47. 
48. 
49. 
50. 
51. 
52. 
53. 
54. 
55. 
56. 

57. 
58. 

59. 
60. 
61. 
62. 
63. 
64. 
65. 
66. 
67. 
68. 
69. 
70. 
71. 
72. 
73. 
74. 
75. 
76. 
77. 
78. 
79. 
80. 
81. 
82. 
83. 
84. 
85. 
86. 
87. 



Springer 

Lewis 

Global 

Imlay Canyon 

Nevada Packard 

Oreana 

F. M. Wright 

Relief Canyon 

Gold Hill 

Bernlce Canyon 

Tungsten Mountain 

New Pass 

Allen 

Austin Resources 

Bullion Monarch 

(Monarch Mining). 

Bauer 

Precious Metals (Brazos, 

Imperial-Klondike). 

Victorine (Sumich) 

Silver Center-Wonder 

Anchor Cox Canyon 

Kennametal 

Fallon 

John Young (Wheeler) . . . . 

Fisk 

Nevada Pacific 

Gooseberry 

American Flat 

Haywood-Santiago 

Bennetts 

Donovan 

DeLaMare 

Buckskin 

Veta Grande 

Bell Mountain 

Nevada Scheelite 

Paymaster 

lone Placer 

Luning 

Nevada Works 

Paradise Peak 

Santa Fe 

Kinkead 

Borealls 

Aurora 

Ashby 

New Boston 



W 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Ag 

Ag 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Sb 

W 

Au 

BaS04 

Ag 

Ag 

Ag 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

W 

BaS04 

W 

W 

Au 

Ag 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

W 

Au 

Au 

MgO 

MgO 

Au 

Au 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 



88. 
89. 
90. 
91. 
92. 
93. 
94. 
95. 
96. 
97. 

98. 
99. 
100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 

107 
108 



109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
121 
122 

123 
124 
125 
126 
127 
128 
129 



Red Rock 

Aden 

Potosi 

Candelaria 

Argentum 

G&S 

Northumberland 

East Northumberland . . 

Round Mountain 

Manhattan (Arizona Hill- 
side Mining Co). 

Manhattan (Tenneco) . . 

Nevada Moly 

Tonopah West (Miller's) 

Boss 

Jumbo 

Tonopah Divide 

Silver Peak 

Sixteen-to-One 

Goldfield Tailings 
(Blackhawk). 

Goldfield (Trafalgar) 

Goldfield (Southern 
Pacific, Noranda, P.G. 
&U). 

Spicer Mining Co., Inc. . 

Montgomery Shoshone . 

Sterling 

Victoria 

Bald Mountain 

Alligator Ridge 

Windfall 

McGill Smelter 

McGill Concentrator . . . 

Sunshine Puritan 

Ward 

Taylor 

Atlanta 

Research Silver (Silver 
Horn). 

Pioche 

Caselton 

Emerson 

Mockingbird 

Continental 

Oro Oe Mojave 

Jetco 



Au 

Au 

Au 

Ag 

Au 

Au 

Au 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Mo 

Au 

Au 

BaS04 

Au 

Li 

Ag 

Au 

Au 
Au 



Au 
Au 
Au 
Cu 
Au 
Au 
Au 
Cu 
Cu 
Cu 
Pb-Zn 

Ag 

Au 
Au 

Au 

Pb-Zn 

W 

Au 

Au 

Cu 

Au 



! Principal commodity. 



23 




• Active, 1984 (production 
and/or development) 

o Inactive 



Figure 10.— Selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada. 



24 



Pb,Zn(1) 






NAME 


COMPANY 


TYPE 


STATUS 


1 


Trail plant, B.C. 


COMINCO, Ltd. 


A 


a 


2 


Tacoma plant 


ASARCO, Inc. 


A 


a 


3 


Bunker Hill 


Bunker Ltd. Part. 


AB 


b 


4 


Kellogg plant 


Sunshine Mining Co. 


B 


c 


5 


East Helena plant 


ASARCO, Inc. 


A 


a* 


6 


Salt Lake City plant 


Johnson-Matthey 


B 


c 


7 


Geneva plant, Provo 


U.S. Steel Corp. 


A 


a 


8 


Mc Gill 


Kennecott 


A 


b 


9 


Fallon plant 


Kennametal 


C 


a 


10 


Pine Creek plant 


Union Carbide 


C 


b 


11 


Los Angeles plant 


Engelhard 


B 


a 


12 


Miami plant 


Inspiration Consolidation 


AB 


a 


13 


Hayden plant 


ASARCO, Inc. 


A 


a 


14 


Douglas plant 


Phelps Dodge 


A 


a 


15 


El Paso plant 


ASARCO, Inc. 


A 


a 


16 


Amarillo plant 


ASARCO, Inc. 


B 


a 


17 


Corpus Chrlsti plant 


ASARCO, Inc. 


B 


b,a 



Type: A, smelter; B, refinery; C, chemical 

Status: a, activei b, idle; c, under construction or expansion 

'Closure planned In spring 1 985 




Cu(141f 



Figure 1 1 .—Regional secondary processing facilities significant to Nevada. 



25 



Table 8.— Selected beneflciation facilities in Nevada 



Name and operator 



County 



Status 



Map 
No.' 



Method 



Capacity^ 



Type 



Comments 



ANTIMONY 



Bernice Canyon; 
Howard Turley. 


Churchill . . . 


Idle 


51 


Mill, screen . . . 


1.8 t/h 


A 


Capacity is ball mill capacity. 




Owner hopes to operate the mill 
in 1985 with possible addition 
of flotation circuit. The mine 
was operational in 1984. Ore 
contains Au, Ag. 



BARITE 



Allen; Tom Norris 


Lander .... 


Active . . . 


54 


Mill, gravity 

Oig)- 


36 t/h 


A 


Produces about 18 t/h product. 
Equipment comprised of 1 roll 


Mining Co. 


























crusher and 1 jig. 


Argenta; Milchem, 


.... do ... . 


, . . do . . . 


23 


Mill, gravity. 


136 t/h crush, 


A, B 


Reportedly operating at 55% to 


Inc. 








grind. 


16.4 t/h grind. 




60% of capacity; has accepted 
custom in the past. 


Bateman Canyon; Mil- 


do 


Idle 


30 


Mill, gravity 

Gig)- 


54 t/h 


A, B 


Custom work accepted in past and 
will consider custom in future. 


chem, Inc. 












Battle Mountain 


.... do ... . 


Active . . . 


25 


Mill, grind. 


360 t/d, 27 t/h ... 


A, B 


127,000-t/a capacity. 3 grinding 


Grinding; Imco 








classification. 






mills, 9-t/h capacity each. 


Services, Inc. 
















Dresser (Battle 


.... do ... . 


. . . do . . . 


24 


Mill, crush, 


32 t/h, total 


A,B 


Grinding plant; 3 roller mills. 


Mountain); Dresser 








grind. 


grind. 




Reported operating at about 60% 


Minerals. 














capacity in early 1983. Would 
consider taking custom ore if 
spare capacity exists. 


Dry Creek; Chromalloy 


Elko 


. . . do . . . 


3 


Mill, gravity 


180 to 230 t/h ... 


A 


Capacity is jaw crusher. 


Mining and Minerals 








Gig)- 








(owner), leased by 
















Circle A Construc- 
















tion. 
















Dunphy; N. L. Indus- 


Eureka 


. . . do . . . 


22 


Mill, gravity, 


110 t/h 


A, B 


f-lave done and would consider 


tries, Baroid Di- 








flotation. 






custom grinding, not flotation; 


vision. 








grind. 






73-t/h railcar loading capacity. 


East Northumberland; 


Nye 


. . . do . . . 


95 


Mill, gravity . . . 


1,365 t/d, 90 t/h 


A, B 


Portable crusher; peak load for _ 


All Minerals, Inc. 














crushing circuit is 136 t/h. 


Eisenmann; Eisenmann 


Eureka 


. . . do . . . 


17 


Mill, crush, jig. 


272,000 t/a 


A, B 


Possesses 2 jigs; has done custom 


Chemical Co. 














crushing and would consider 
custom jigging. In 1984, mill feed 
was stockpiled ore from its Lakes 
Mine. 
Formerly a fluorspar mill, bought 


Fallon; Standard Slag 


Churchill . . . 


. . . do . . . 


63 


Mill, flotation . . 


7.3 t/h product . . . 


A, B 


Co. 














to feed P & S barite mine ore. 


Greystone; Dresser 


Lander .... 


. . . do . . . 


37 


Mill, gravity 


110 t/h estimated 


A 


Mill is portable; capable of 


Minerals. 








Gig). 


product. 




producing 907,000-t/a product. 


Jumbo; GEO Drilling 


Nye 


. . . do . . . 


102 


Mill, crush. 


272 t/h 


A 


Active in 1983; status unknown in 


Ruids, Inc. 








screen. 






1984. 


Kinkead; Kinkead Min- 


Mineral .... 


. . . do . . . 


83 


do 


23 t/h 


A 


Mill has flotation capability; 
intermittent operation. Jig 


ing and Construction. 




























capacity— 14 t/h. Normally 
















operates at 90 t/d. 


Mountain Springs 


Lander .... 


. . . do . . . 


39 


Mill, crush. 


63,000 t/a 


A 


Primary crusher design capacity 


(FMC); FMC Corp. 








screen. 






is about 181 t/h. 


Mountain Springs 


.... do ... . 


. . . do . . . 


38 


Mill, jig, table. 


400,000 t/a. 


A 




(IMCO); Imco 








flotation. 


127,000 t/a 






Services, Inc. 


. 








ground product. 






Patsy Ann; Unichem 


Eureka 


Idle 


18 


Gravity Qig) . . . 


30 to 34 t/h 


A 


2 jigs. New equipment operated 


Minerals, Inc. 














about 2 months in 1983; no 
crusher. Product capacity is 10.9 
t/jig; jigs processed Coyote Mine 

nro 


Rossi; Tom Norris, 


Elko 


Active . . . 


11 


Mill, gravity . . . 


108 t/h 


A 


Ui C7> 

Minesite portable 2-stage 
crushing with 2 jigs; produces 


Inc. (contractor). 


























about 907 t product over 14 h/d. 
















Product goes to Dunphy plant. 


Stormy Creek; Old 


.... do ... . 


. . . do . . . 


4 


Mill, screen. 


272 t/h crush, 


A, B 


Operated partial year of 1983; 


Soldier Minerals. 








gravity (jig). 


109 t/h jig. 




idle in 1984. Will consider custom 
milling. 



See explanatory notes at end of table. 



26 



Table 8.— Selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada— Continued 



Name and operator 



County 



Status 



Map 
No.1 



Method 



Capacity^ 



Type 



Comments 



COPPER 



Battle Mountain Cop- 
per Basin (Electro- 
lytic Plant); Duval 
Corp. 

Battle Mountain Cop- 
per Canyon Precipi- 
tation Plant; Duval 
Corp. 



McGill Concentrator; 
Kennecott Minerals 
Co. 

McGill Smelter; Ken- 
necott Minerals Co. 

Oro De Mojave; 
Quadra Mining & 
Development. 

Sunshine Puritan; 
Kennecott Minerals 
Co. 



Victoria; Hecia Min- 
ing Co. 



Lander . . 



.do. 



White Pine , 



.do. 



Clark. 



White Pine , 



Elko 



Active . 



.do. 



Idle 



Idle, 
standby. 

Active . . . 



Idle 



... do . 



26 



27 



117 



116 



128 



118 



112 



Solvent extrac- 
tion, electro- 
winning. 

Leach-precipita- 
tion. 



Mill, flotation 



Smelter 



Mill, flotation, 
jigging, CCD- 
Merrill-Crowe 
precipitation. 

Leach-precipita- 
tion. 



Mill, flotation 



5,170 t/a. 



1 ,562-t/a product 
(at peak). 



19,500 t/d. 



45,000-t/a prod- 
uct. 

73 t/h 



<200-t/month 
product. 



907 t/d 



A, B 
B 



Capacity is annual cathode 
capacity. Closed indefinitely in 
December 1984. 

Capacity in terms of year's out- 
put. Plant treats leach solu- 
tions from Copper Canyon Mine 
dumps. 1984 estimated produc- 
tion is at levels of 50% to 70% of 
peak production capacity. 

Located adjacent to McGill smelter. 



Product is blister Cu. Processed 
Kennecott's Robinson district 
concentrate through 1978. 

Production began in 1984. Also 
recovers Pb, Ag, and Au. 



Production from unit greatly re- 
duced when mining at the Ruth 
open pit copper mine ceased in 
1978. Very small amount of pro- 
duction to February 1983. 

Intermittent operation. 



GOLD AND/OR SILVER 



Aden; Hugh C. Ingle . . 


Mineral 


Idle 


89 


Mill, gravity, 
flotation. 


<15 t/d 


A, B 


Has done custom in the past. 












Alligator Ridge; Am- 


White Pine . 


Active . . . 


114 


Mill, heap 


2, 700 t/d 


A 


Recovers Au with byproduct Ag 


selco Minerals, Inc. 








leach, cyani- 
dation. 






and Hg. 


American Flat; United 


Storey 


. . do . . . 


68 


Mill, cyanida- 


907 t/d 


A, B 


Operating at capacity in 1984. 


Mining Co. of Ne- 








tion. 








vada, Inc. 
















Anchor Cox Canyon; 


Churchill . . . 


. . . do . . . 


61 


Vat leach, cy- 


72 t over 3- to 4-d 


A 


No crushing facilities by December 


Anchor Mine, Inc. 








anidation. 


period. 




1984, though operators reportedly 
are in search of a crusher. 


Argentum: Combined 
Metals & Recovery 


Esmeralda . 


do 


92 


Mill, cyanida- 
tion (flota- 


360 t/d 


A, B 


Capacity is crushing ability for 












flotation circuit. On standby 


Systems. 








tion). 






in 1984. Will buy ore. 


Ashby; Hugh C. Ingle, 
Jr. 


Mineral 


do 


86 


Mill heap 


<1 t/d ... 


A 


Capacity is estimated. 








leach, cyani- 














dation. 








Atlanta; Standard 


Lincoln 


do 


121 


Mill, cyanida- 
tion. 


520 t/d ... 


A, B 


Has taken custom in past. 


Slag Co. 














Aurora; Centennial 


Mineral .... 


. . . do . . . 


85 


Mill, heap 
leach, cyani- 


900 t/d 


A 


Cone crusher capacity 91 t/h; 
jaw crusher capacity 136 t/h. 


Exploration Corp. 




















dation. 








Austin Resources; 


Lander . . . 


Idle 


55 


Mill, flotation . . 


68 t/d 


A 


Mill is intact and has processed 


Austin Resources 














Ag ore only. 


Corp. 
















Bald Mountain; Placer 


White Pine . 


Active . . . 


113 


Mill, heap 


57 Us (900 gal/ 


A 


Recovers primarily Au. Full pro- 


U.S. 








leach, cyani- 
dation. 


min). 




duction will be reached about 
January 1985. Capacity is for car- 
bon reccovery plant. 


Battle Mountain Cop- 


Lander .... 


Active, 


28 


Mill, cyanida- 


3,200 to 3,600 


A 


Expansion to unknown capacity 


per Canyon; Duval 




devel- 




tion, gravity. 


t/d. 




planned for 1983 completion. 


Corp. 




opment. 










Crusher rated capacity 726 t/h. 


Bauer; Bauer Metals, 


do 


Active . . . 


57 


Mill, agglomer- 
ation, heap 


907 t/d 


A 


Operation leaches tailings. Pri- 
marily extracts Ag, byproduct 


Inc. 




















leach, cyani- 






Au. Commenced production In 










dation. 






1983; full production in 1984. 


Bell Mountain; Bell 


Churchill . . . 


Devel- 


75 


Mill, cyanlda- 


650 t/d 


A 


Capacity is 1982 preliminary. 


Mountain Mining 
Co. 




opment. 




tion (tank). 







See explanatory notes at end of table. 



27 



Table 8. — Selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada— Continued 



Name and operator 



County 



Status 



Map 
No.1 



Method 



Capacity^ 



Type 



Comments 









GOLD AND/OR SILVER- 


-Continued 






Bennetts; John Ben- 


Lyon 


Idle 


70 


Mill, cyanida- 


32 t/d .... 


B 


Type questionable. Reportedly 
inactive since about 1942. Major 


nett (owner). 






tlon. 




















components still present. 


Bootstrap; Carlin 


Elko 


Active . . . 


13 


Heap leach, cy- 


200,000 t/a 


A 


Recovers Au only. Dump leach. 


Gold Mining Co. 








anidation. 






On-site plant consists of a 
4-stage carbon column circuit. 
The gold-loaded carbon is 
stripped, acid washed, and 
regenerated at the Carlin mill. 


Borealls; Tenneco 


Mineral 


. . . do . . . 


84 


Mill, heap 


2,270 t/d 


A 


Recovers Hg also. Crushing cir- 


Minerals Co. 








leach, crush, 
screen. 






cuit capacity 272 t/h; Hg retort 
feed 0.9 t/8-h d; smelting furnace 
feed 0.9 t/8-h d. 


Boss; Falcon Mining 


Esmeralda . 


Active, 


101 


Mill, heap 


180 t/h 


A, B 


Production anticipated to com- 
mence fall 1984. Crusher moved 


and Exploration Co. 




devel- 




leach, cyani- 










opment. 




datlon. 






from Tonopah Divide Mine. Will 
consider buying compatible ore. 


Buckhorn; Cominco 


Eureka .... 


Active . . . 


34 


Mill, heap 


260 t/h crush .... 


A 


Heaps to be built at 2,270 t/d 


American, Inc. 








leach, cyani- 
datlon. 






ore, or 680,000 t/a. 


Buckskin; Pacific 


Douglas . . . 


Devel- 


73 


Mill 


270 t/d 


A 




Silver Corp. 




opment. 












Bullion Monarch; 


Lander 


Active . . . 


56 


Mill, flotation . . 


450 to 540 t/d . . . 


A, B 


Recovers Ag. Will buy high-grade 


Monarch Mining. 














compatible to circuit; minimum lot 
450 t. 1-t/h (24-h/d) smelter near 
completion. 


Bullion Monarch; Uni- 


Eureka 


. . . do . . . 


15 


Mill, cyanida- 
tlon. 


360 t/d ".":".". . 


A 


Normal feed rate about 180 t/d. 


versal Gas of Mon- 






tana. 
















Candelaria; NERCO 


Mineral .... 


. . . do . . . 


91 


Crush, screen. 


7,300 t/d 


A 


Primarily produces Ag. 


Metals. 








heap leach, 
cyanidatlon. 








Carlin; Carlin Gold 


Eureka 


. . . do . . . 


16 


Mill, cyanida- 


2,450 t/d 


A 


Recovers Hg also. Capacity is 


Mining Co. 








tlon. 






combined 2,000 t/d oxide and 
450 t/d carbonaceous ore 
capacities. 


Continental; Conti- 


Clark 


Inactive . . 


127 


Heap leach, cy- 


See comments . . . 


A 


Became inactive in 1984. Has two 


nental Co. 








anidatlon. 






4,500-t leach ponds. Zn 
precipitation. 


Cortez Leach; Cortez 


Lander .... 


Active . . . 


35 


Heap leach, cy- 


57 Us (900 gal/ 


A 


Capacity Is carbon-in-pulp plant. 


Gold Mines. 








anidatlon. 


min). 






Cortez; Cortez Gold 


.... do ... . 


. . . do . . . 


36 


Mill, carbon-in- 


1.800 t/d, >1 80 


A 


Processes ore from Horse Canyon 


Mines. 








leach tanks 
and carbon 
columns, 
cyanidation. 


t/h. 




Mine. Capacity is planned feed 
rate (660,000 t/a). 


Dee; Dee Gold 


Elko 


. . . do . . . 


12 


Mill, cyanida- 


820 t/d, 286 t/h. 


A 


Operation began in fall 1984. 


Mining Co. 








tion. 








DeLaMare; R. W. De- 


Lyon 


Idle 


72 


do 


45 t/d 


B 


Type questionable. Reportedly 
inactive since about 1942. Major 


LaMare (owner). 


























components still present. 


Dexter; Pecos Re- 


Elko 


Active, 


7 


Heap leach, cy- 


16 Us (250 gal/ 


A 


Test heap leaching began in 1984. 


sources. 




devel- 
opment. 




anidation, 
Merrill-Crowe 
precious 
metal plant 
recovery. 


min). 




Capacity is Merrill-Crowe plant 
purchased from Tuscaroa Asso- 
ciates. 


Donovan; Mike 


Lyon 


Idle 


71 


Mill, cyanida- 
tion. 


45 t/d 


B 


Type questionable. Reportedly 
inactive since 1879. Major com- 


Donovan (owner). 
























ponents still present. 


Enfield Bell (Jerritt 


Elko 


Active . . . 


6 


do 


3,040 t/d 


A 


Original capacity was 2,750 t/d 


Canyon); Freeport 














in 1981. 


Gold Co. 
















Esmeralda; Merrill A. 


do 


Idle 


8 


Mill, crush. 


23 t/d 


A 


Last period of mill operation was 


Nelson (owner). 








grind, gravity 
(table). 






for a short period in 1981. 



See explanatory notes at end of table. 



28 



Table 8.— Selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada— Continued 



Name and operator 



County 



Status 



Map 
No.' 



Method 



Capacity^ 



Type 



Comments 









GOLD AND/OR SILVER— Continued 






F. M. Wright; F. M. 
Wright Mining Co. 


Pershing . . 


Active . . . 


48 


Mill, flotation. 


45 t/d 


B 


Has run as captive mill. Pres- 
ently processes precious metals. 






gravity. 




















Has processed base metal 
















sulfides and tungsten. 


Fire Creek; Mines Re- 


Lander — 


. . . do . . . 


31 


Heap leach, cy- 


30,400 t per 6(M 


A 




sources, Inc. 








anidation, 
carbon col- 
umn recovery. 


period batch 
process. 






Fortune Cookie; Pro- 


Pershing . . . 


Active. 


41 


Placer, gravity. 


1,500 to 2,300 


A 


Feasibility and expansk>n to 


quip, Inc. 




produc- 
tion, 
devel- 
opment. 






mVshift (2,000 
to 3,000 ydV 
shift). See 
comments. 




4,600 to 7,600 m» (6.000 to 
10.000 yd3) on a 1-shift basis 
planned for 1985. 


G & S; Robert E. 


Nye 


Active . . . 


93 


Mill, gravity . . . 


18 t/d 


A, B 


Capacity estimated. Past product 
was tungsten. 


Wilson. 










Getchell; Watterson 


Humboldt . . 


Develop- 
ment, 


9 


Mill, cyanida- 
tion. 


91 t/d 


A 


1983 activity was test leaching. 


Mining, Contractor. 














feasi- 
















bility. 












Global; Global Nat- 


Pershing . . . 


AcUve . . . 


44 


Placer washing 


60 m»/h (80 yd3/h) 


A 




ural Resources, Inc. 








plant, trom- 
mel screen 
and sluice 
boxes. 








Gold Hill; Fisk and 


Churchill . . . 


. . . do . . . 


50 


Mill, vat leach. 


1,360t/month.... 


A 




Robertson Mining. 








cyanidation, 
activated car- 
bon. 








Gold Quarry; Carlin 


Eureka 


Develop- 


19 


Heap leach; 


6,120 t/d 


A 


Will recover byproduct Hg. Mill 


Gold Mining Co. 




ment. 




mill agitated 
leach, carbon- 
in-pulp. 






to come on-stream in late 1985. 
processing about 2.3 millton t/a 
ore. 


Goldfield; Trafalgar 


Esmeralda . 


Active . . . 


107 


Agglomeration, 


See comments . . . 


A 


Operation reportedly shut down in 


Mines partnership. 








heap leach, 
cyanidation. 






1984 with equipment still on-site. 
Plan was to reprocess 91 million 
t mill tailings. Reportedly, only 
27.000 to 36.000 t material 
placed on heap. 


Goldfield (Southern 


....do.... 


Develop- 


108 


do 


1.090 t/d 


A 


Information in December 1984 in- 


Pacific, Noranda, 




ment. 










dicated the development plan 


P.G. & U. joint 














may have been abandoned. 


venture); Blackhawk 
















Mines Corp. (opera- 
















tor). 
















Goldfield Tailings; 


....do.... 


Active . . . 


106 


do 


23,000 t/a 


A 




Blackhawk Mines 
















Corp. 
















Goldstrike; Western 


Eureka 


. . . do . . . 


14 


Cyanide heap 


1.500,000 m3 


A, B 


Does no custom but may consider 


States Minerals 








leach of 


(2,000,000 




it if ore is compatible. 


Corp. 








mine-run ore. 


yd^/a) material 
handled. 




Annual tonnage ore and waste 
estimated 3.6 million t. 


Gooseberry; Asamera 
Minerals (U.S.), 
Inc. 

Grey Eagie; Grey 
Eagle Mining Co. 


Storey 


. . . do . . . 


67 


Mill, cyanida- 
tion. 


320 t/d 


A 


Principal commodity is Ag. Full 










production reached in fall 1984. 


Lander .... 


. . . do . . . 


33 


Mill, crush. 


45 t/d 


A 










gravity. 








Haywood-Santiago; 


Lyon 


Develop- 


69 


Mill, heap 


15.8 L/s pregnant 


A, B 


Will consider buying ore after 1 


NEVEX Gold Co., 




ment. 




leach, cyani- 


solution. 




yr of production. Production 


Inc. 








dation. 






anticipated to commence in 
November 1984. Full production 
anticipated to commence In first 
quarter 1985. 


Imlay Canyon; Bill 


Pershing . . . 


Active . . . 


45 


Placer washing 


15- to 19-m»/h 


A 


Recovers Au. W. and Hg. Placer 


Dale. 








plant; trom- 
mel screen 
and sluice 
boxes. 


(20- to 25-yd9/h) 
test capacity. 




operatton. Capacity will be 
increased in 1985 from stated 
test capacity. 



See explanatory notes at end of table. 



29 



Table 8. — Selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada — Continued 



Name and operator 



County 



Status 



Map 
No.i 



Method 



Capacity' 



Type 



Comments 









GOLD AND/OR SILVER- 


-Continued 






Independence; United 
Mining and Milling. 


Lander .... 


Active . . . 


29 


Mill, cyanide 
vat leach. 


45 t/d 


A, B 


Principal commodity is Ag, by- 
product Au. Will consider custom. 


























Mill burned and rebuilt in 1983. 
















Operating less than capacity in 
1984. 
Ore comes from their lone Placer 


lone Placer; Marshall 


Nye 


. . . do . . . 


78 


Mill, screen. 


270 t/h 


A 


Earth Resources, 
Inc. 
Jetco; Jetco Enter- 








gravity. 






and Sky Claims. 


Clark 


. . . do . . . 


129 


Mill, tank leach 


NA 


A, B 


May take custom. Has 25- by 91- 


prises, Inc. 














cm (10- by 36-in) jaw crusher and 
1.2- by 1.5-m (4- by 5-ft) ball mill. 


Jupiter; Circle A 
Construction. 


Pershing . . . 


. . . do . . . 


40 


Mill, char-ln- 


1 .4 t/h 


A 








pulp, cyani- 
















dation. 








Lewis; Standard Slag 

Co. 
Maggie Creek; Carlin 


Humboldt . . 


. . . do . . . 


43 


Mill, heap leach 


3,200 t/d 


A 


Production began in August 1984. 


Eureka 


. . . do . . . 


20 


Heap leach, cy- 


2,300 t/d 


A 


Milling grade is trucked and 


Gold Mining Co. 








anidation. 






processed at Carlin mill. 


Major Barlte; Major 
Barite Co. 


Lander .... 


. . . do . . . 


32 


Mill, gravity . . . 


90 t/h 


A, B 


Formerly called the Bradshaw 
(processed barite). 












Manhattan; Arizona 


Nye 


Active, 


97 


Heap leach, cy- 


NA 


A 


Mine capacity is about 2,720 t/d. 


Hillside Mining Co. 




standby. 




anidation. 






No crushing facilities. 


Manhattan; Tenneco 


.... do ... . 


. . . do . . . 


98 


Mill, gravity. 


2,700 t/d crush. 


A 


Plant startup in January 1984. 


Minerals Co. 








flotation, cy- 
anidation. 


1,360 t/d flota- 
tion. 






Mockingbird; P.G. 
Harrison and James 


Clark 


. . . do . . . 


126 


Mill, gravity . . . 


2 t/d 


A 


Has accepted custom but does not 












at present; intermittently 


Harris. 














active. 


Montgomery Shoshone; 


Nye 


. . . do . . . 


110 


Mill, screen, 


450 t/d crush 


A, B 


Possesses two 680-t vats; Inter- 


Bullfrog Mining 








crush, vat 






mittently active. 


Enterprises. 








leach. 








Nevada Pacific; Neva- 


Washoe . . . 


Develop- 


66 


Gravity, jigs, 


1,500 m3/d (2,000 


A 


Construction in progress in 


da Pacific Mining 




ment. 




tables. 


yd3/d). 




December 1984 on mine and mill 


Co. 














to process a 1 .5 million m^ (6 
million yd3) eluvial gold deposit. 


Nevada Packard; Neva- 


Pershing . . . 


Active . . . 


46 


Heap leach, cy- 


200 gal/min 


A 


Recovers primarily Ag. 140-t/h 


da Packard (joint 








anidation, Zn 






capacity crusher. Sold In 1984. 


venture). 








dust precipi- 
tation. 






Production ceased In July 1984. 
Possesses 3 Shriver clarifier 
presses and 2 precipitation 
presses. 


New Boston; New Bos- 


Mineral .... 


. . . do . . . 


87 


Mill, screen. 


150 t/h 


A, B 


Cyanidation. 


ton Mining Co. 








heap leach. 








New Pass; Donald 


Lander .... 


Idle 


53 


Mill, heap 
leach, cyani- 


36 t/d 


A 


Capacity is approximate. 


Jung. 






















dation. 








Northumberland; 


Nye 


Active . . . 


94 


do 


4,500 t/d 


A 




Cyprus Mines Corp. 
















Oreana; Coronado Oil 


Pershing . . . 


. . . do . . . 


47 


Mill, flotation. 


90 t/d (has never 


A, B 


Has processed Au, Sb, W. Minor 


& Minerals Co. 








gravity. 


operated over 
45 t/d). 




production early 1983; none in 
1984. Production anticipated 
commencing again In first quarter 
1985. 


Paradise Peak; FMC 


Nye 


Active, 


81 


Mill, cyani- 


907,000 t/a 


A 


Proposed capacity is estimated. 


Corp. 




devel- 
opment. 




dation, agita- 
tion, leach- 
ing. 






Hg will be produced as by- 
product. Production planned to 
commence in 1986. 


Paymaster; Jesse R. 
Wilson. 


do 


Active . . . 


77 


Mill, tank cya- 
nide leach, 


90 t/d 


A 


Capacity is tank capacity. Ag 
recovery very minor. 




















carbon 
















recovery. 








PInson; PInson Mining 


Humboldt . . 


. . . do . . . 


10 


Mill, carbon-in- 


1,360 t/d 


A 


Recovers byproduct Hg. In 1984, 


Co. 








pulp, cyani- 
dation. 






about 25% of ore mined was 
heap leached. 



See explanatory notes at end of table. 



30 



Table 8.— Selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada— Continued 



Name and operator 



County 



Status 



Map 
No.1 



Method 



Capacity^ 



Type 



Comments 









GOLD AND/OR SILVER- 


-Continued 






Ploche; Holllngshead 
Mining Contracting. 


Lincoln .... 


Active . . . 


123 


Mill, flotation. 


23 t/d 


A, B 


Some custom work has been done. 








gravity. 








Potosi; S & R Mining 


Mineral .... 


. . . do . . . 


90 


Crush, screen. 


230 t/d 


A 


Portable crusher. 


& Milling. 








heap leach, 
cyanidation. 








Precious Metals (Bra- 
zos, Imperial-Klon- 


Lander .... 


Inactive . . 


58 


Mill, flotation . . 


180 t/d 


A 


Anticipated restart of production 
in early 1984. Reportedly 














dike); Precious Met- 














bought in late 1984 by Spirit 


als, Inc. of Texas. 














Oil Co., Billings, MT. 


Red Rock; Tseng Min- 


Mineral .... 


Active . . . 


88 


Mill, pond 


90t/hr 


B 


Leases Ladd Enterprise mill. Has 


ing Co. 








leach, 
screen. 






unused flotation capability. 
Ladd has about 180-t/h crushing 
capacity. 


Relief Canyon; Lacana 


Pershing . . . 


. . . do . . . 


49 


Mill, heap 


4,500 t/d. 


A 


300-t/h design crushing capacity. 


Mining, Inc. 








leach, cyani- 
dation. 


907,000 t/a. 




Average annual product to be 
680 kg (22,000 tr oz) Au. 


Research Silver (Sil- 
ver Horn); Silver 


Lincoln .... 


. . . do . . . 


122 


Mill, flotation. 


320 t/d 


A, B 










cyanidation. 








Horn Research Mill 
















Corp. 
















Round Mountain; 


Nye 


. . . do . . . 


96 


Mill, heap 


9,000 t/d 


A 


Construction of a 36,000-t/d- 


Smoky Valley Mining 








leach, cyani- 






capacity mill is being considered 


Co. 








dation. 






in 1 984 for possible operation in 
1987. 
Production planned by December 


Santa Fe; Lacana Min- 


Mineral .... 


Develop- 


82 


do 


See comments . . . 


A 


ing Corp. 




ment. 










1985 at minimum ore throughput 
of 590,000 t/a. 


Silver Center-Wonder; 


Churchill . . . 


Active . . . 


60 


do 


5,400 t/wk, 136 


A 


Processes Wonder Mine tailings 


Belmont Resources. 










t/h. 




and Silver Center Mine new ore. 
Capacity is March 1 984 process 
rate. 
Has bought compatible ore. 


Sixteen-to-One; Sun- 


Esmeralda . 


. . . do . . . 


105 


Mill, tank leach 


635 t/d 


A, B 


shine Mining Co. 














Crushing capacity about 130 t/h. 
Principal commodity is Ag. 


Spicer Mining Co., 


Nye 


. . . do . . . 


109 


Mill, agglomera- 


70- to 90-t/d 


A, B 


Active in 1984. Also performs 


Inc.; Nevada Mines 








tion, heap 


pilot crushing. 




custom assay. Processes captive 


& Minerals, Spicer 








leach. 






ore from Mayflower Mine. Ag- 


Mining Co., Inc. 














glomeration capacity 230 t/d; test 
mill 23 t/d; carbon stripping 340 
kg/batch. 


Sterling; Saga Ex- 
ploration Co. 


.... do ... . 


. . . do . . . 


111 


Mill, heap 
leach, cyani- 


82 t/h .:.. 


A 


Projected daily crushing rate is 
270 t. 




















dation. 








Taylor; Silver King 


White Pine . 


. . . do . . . 


120 


Mill, cyani- 


1,800 t/d, 91 t/h.. 


A, B 


Recovers primarily Ag. Has ac- 


Mines, Inc. 








dation. 






cepted custom. Normal operating 
rate is 1,090 t/d. 


Tonopah Divide; Ebco 


Esmeralda . 


. . . do . . . 


103 


Mill, crush. 


910 t/d, 180 t/h .. 


A 


Production expected to cease fall 


Enterprises. 








screen, heap. 






1984. Crusher will be moved to 
company's Boss Mine. 


Tonopah West (Mil- 


.... do ... . 


. . . do . . . 


100 


Mill, tank leach 


1,090 t/d 


A 


Recovers principally Ag with minor 


ler's); TW-MNR 














Au. Reprocesses old tailings In 


Assoc. 














Tonopah district. Operations were 
suspended in July 1984 for an in- 
definite period. 


Veta Grande; 20th 


Douglas . . . 


. . . do . . . 


74 


Mill, gravity. 


180 t/d, 36 t/h ... 


A, B 


Intermittent operation. 


Century Energy 








flotation. 








Corp. 
















Victorine (Sumich); 
New Beginnings 


Lander 


Active, 


59 


Mill, jig, flo- 
tation, cya- 


320 t/d 


A, B 


Capacity is current crusher ca- 




devel- 








pacity; design capacity is 450 


Resources. 




opment. 




nide regrind, 
electrowin- 
ning (Ag), 
smelting. 






t/d. Production to begin in 
mid-December 1984. Company 
will consider custom. 


Windfall; Windfall 


Eureka 


Active . . . 


115 


Cyanidation, 


1,100 Vd 


A 


Inactive most of 1983. 


Venture. 








heap leach. 









See explanatory notes at end of table. 



31 



Table 8.— Selected beneficiation facilities in Nevada— Continued 



Name and operator 


County 


Status 


Map 
No.i 


Method 


Capacity^ 


Type 


Comments 


IRON 


Nevada Barth; Nevada 
Barth Corp. 


Eureka .... 


Active . . . 


21 


Mill, crush, 
screen. 


200 to 300 t/h . . . 


A 


Feed is from stockpiles. Normal 
operating rate is 455 t/d. 


LEAD— ZINC 


Caselton; Combined 
Metals Reduction Co. 

Ward; Silver Kings 
Mines, Inc. 


Lincoln 

.... do ... . 


Idle 

Develop- 
ment, 
design. 


124 
119 


Flotation 

Mill, flotation . . 


1,270 t/d 

1,100 t/d 


A, B 


Idle since about 1978. Plans In 

1984 are to reopen by 1986. Will 
be looking for ore to purchase. 

Construction planned to begin In 

1985 with completion In late 
1986. Will recover Ag and Cu 
also. Design will allow for in- 
crease in capacity to 1 ,800 to 
2,700 t/d. 


LITHIUM 


Silver Peak; Foote 
Mineral. 


Esmeralda . 


Active . . . 


104 


Solar evapora- 
tion, chem- 
ical, refinery. 


7,260 t/a 


A 


Capacity in terms of production. 
Product is lithium carbonate 
(LizCOa). 


MAGNESIUM (MAGNESITE— MgO) 


Luning; C-E Basic .... 
Nevada Works; C-E 
Basic. 


Nye 

.... do ... . 


Active . . . 
. . . do . . . 


79 
80 


Mill, screen . . . 
Mill, calcine, 
flotation. 


NA 

2,000 t/d 


A 


Capacity is estimated. 


MERCURY 


McDermitt; McDermItt 
Mine Joint Venture. 


Humboldt . . 


Active . . . 


1 


Mill, flotation, 
distillation. 


2,200 t/d flota- 
tion; 0.45-t/h 
furnace. 


A 


Product Is elemental Hg. 










MOLYBDENUN 


il 






Nevada Moly; Anacon- 
da Minerals Co. 


Nye 


Active . . . 


99 


Mill, flotation, 
tank leach. 


20,000 t/d 


A 


Also recovers Cu. Product Is 

M0S2. 


TUNGSTEN 


Emerson; Union Car- 


Lincoln .... 
Churchill . . . 

.... do ... . 

.... do ... . 
Mineral 

Elko 

Pershing . . . 
Churchill . . . 

Elko 


Idle 

Active . . . 

. . . do . . . 

. . . do . . . 
Idle 

. . . do . . . 

. . . do . . . 
Active . . . 

Idle 


125 
65 

64 

62 
76 

2 

42 
52 

5 


Mill, flotation . . 
Mill, gravity . . . 

Mill, gravity, 
amalgama- 
tion. 

Chemical 

Gravity 

Mill, gravity, 
flotation. 

Flotation 

Mill, table, 
flotation. 

Gravity, flota- 
tion. 


907 t/d 


A 
A 

A, B 

B 
A 

A 

A 
A 

A 


Mill Intact and on standby. 


bide Corp. 
Fisk; Gee Mines 


0.9 t/h 


Mill leased to Gee Mines, which ran 


John Young (Wheeler); 
John Young (owner). 

Kennametal; Kenna- 

metal, Inc. 
Nevada Scheellte; 

Natural Resources 

Development, Inc. 
Oxbow Tungsten; 

P.A.B. Oil Mining 

Co. 

Springer; Utah Inter- 
national, Inc. 

Tungsten Mountain; 
Opportunity Village 
(owner). 

Wells; Nevada Milling 
Inc. 


0.45 t/h 


Ag ore through it in 1984. 
Originally built to process 
tungsten ore. 
Also recovers Au. Idle in 1984. 


Proprietary data . . 
113 t/d, 36 t/h ... 

181 t/d 


Has accepted custom and will 
consider custom In the future. 

A secondary processing plant, 
refinery. 

36-t/h jaw crusher capacity. In 
1984, mill being dismantled and 
equipment sold. 

Last known operating year was 
1978. Mill reportedly not in- 
tact. Possesses flotation cells and 
tables. Crushing equipment 
removed. 

Normal crushing rate is about 
900 t/d. Final product is am- 
monium paratungstate. 

Mill originally set up for tungsten 


1 ,800 t/d 

1.8 t/h 


91 t/h 


recovery. Contains 5 tables 
and 2 flotation cells. In 1984, Pt, 
with minor Au and Ag, recovery 
was attempted. 
Rehabilitated in December 1983; 




operating in 1984. 



A Captive. 

B Custom or accepts custom. 

NA Not available. 



1 Refer to figure 10. 

^Approximate feed unless otherwise noted In comments. 



NOTE.— An entry of "mill" in method indicates crushing ability. 



32 



REVIEW OF SELECTED MINERAL COMMODITIES IN NEVADA 



ALUMINUM 

Aluminum, the third most abundant element in the 
Earth's crust, is second only to iron in terms of value of non- 
fuel mineral products in world commerce. The United 
States, the world's largest producer of alimiinum metal, has 
accounted for about 30% of the world smelter output over 
the past 5 yr. At the present time, the only commercially 
viable smelter feed for the production of aluminum metal 
is alumina (AI2O3) obained from bauxite ores. The United 
States imports over 90% of the aluminum raw material 
(both bauxite and alumina) it uses; however, it is technically 



feasible to produce aluminum from domestic nonbauxite 
materials such as high-alumina clays, alunite, anorthosite, 
dawsonite in spent oil shale, and coal waste. Several 
deposits of nonbauxitic aluminous materials occur in 
Nevada— several hundred million metric tons of alunitiz- 
ed rock «30% alunite) has been identified in the southern 
part of the State and significant deposits of kyanite-related 
minerals occur in Douglas, Mineral, and Pershing Coun- 
ties (239). Future development of these resources depends 
on their ability to economically compete with foreign baux- 
ite deposits and other domestic nonbavixitic sources of 
supply. 



Bureau of Mines Mineral industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Aluminum in Nevada 

Total properties 68 

Producers' 

Known principal deposits 4 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 1 

'■Producers of materials for aluminum only. 



Reported Bauxite Production— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (728-729) 



Year 


United States' 


Nevada 




103 t 


Value, 103 


103 t 


Value, 103 


1978 
1979 
1980 
1981 
1982 
1983 


1,669 
1,821 
1,559 
1,510 
732 
679 


$23,185 
24,875 
22,353 
26,489 
12,334 
11,309 


NRP 
NRP 
NRP 
NRP 
NRP 
NRP 


NRP 
NRP 
NRP 
NRP 
NRP 
NRP 



NRP No reported production. 

'From 1978 to 1982, between 74% and 82% of domestically mined bauxite 
was used in tfie production of alumina. In 1983, no domestically mined baux- 
ite was used in the production of aluminum metal. 



Principal Known Aluminum Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 


County 


Current status 


Commodity 


Size' 


Published reserves-resources 




2103 1 


wt % 


Year 


Reference 


Boyd 

C-M Alunites 


Lincoln 

do 

Esmeralda . . . 

do 

Mineral 


Past producer3 

Prospect 

Explored 

do 

Past producer 


Alunite 

do 

do 

do 

Andalusite, corundum .... 


Small . . . 

Medium . 

. . . do . . . 
. . . do . . . 
. . . do . . . 


43 
289 

(«) 

100 
60,000 
13,608- 
27,216 


"29.3 

'•21.5 

(«) 

"22 
"20 
'27 


1978 

NAp 

1978 
1978 
1967 


239 
NAp 
239 


Goldfleld district: 
CTR leases 


MTZ lease 


239 


Hawthorne 


277 



NAp not applicable. 

'Based on estimate of metric tons of contained AI2O3: Large, >100 million; medium, 1 million to 100 million; small, <1 million. 

^Rounded. 

3Lens of alunite mined for fertilizer. 

"Wt % alunite. 

^Deposit abstract in directory. 

«No published data have been located. 

TWt % AI2O3. 



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C-M Alunitei 



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Scale, miles 

LEGEND 

» Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 




\i 



O 

LAS VECa^S 



\ 



\ 



r 

• > 

\ 



Figure 12.— Aluminum in Nevada. 



34 



ANTIMONY 

Antimony, a brittle, silver-white metal, is consumed in 
minor amounts when compared with other base metals. Ap- 
parent U.S. annual antimony consumption averaged 
slightly more than 32,000 t from 1978 through 1983. In 
1983, about 50% of consumption need was satisfied by 
recycling of old scrap, principally plates from lead-acid bat- 
teries. The remainder was supplied by domestic mines and 
imports of antimony metal, compounds, and ores. From 1978 
to 1982 reported U.S. mine production averaged about 
580 t, or less than 2% of domestic consumption. 



Bureau of Mines Mineral industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Antimony in Nevada 

Total properties 239 

Producers' 44 

Known principal deposits 13 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 9 

1 Includes past producers. 



Antimony has been sporadically recovered from Nevada 
mines since the 1860's. The principal periods of production 
were during World War I and World War 11, when increased 
demand and reduced imports caused antimony prices to in- 
crease. The last recorded production of antimony in Nevada 
was in 1974. 



Reported Antimony Production^— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (728-729) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




10M 


Value, 103 


103t 


Value, 103 


1978 


724 


W 


NRP 


NRP 


1979 


655 


W 


NRP 


NRP 


1980 


311 


W 


NRP 


NRP 


1981 


586 


W 


NRP 


NRP 


1982 


456 


W 


NRP 


NRP 


1983 


760 


W 


NRP 


NRP 



NRP No reported production. 

W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 

'Antimony content of domestic ores and concentrates. 



Principal Known Antimony Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 



County 



Current status 



Commodity 



Size' 



Published reserves-resources 



103 1 



wt % 



Year 



Reference 



Antimony King^ . . . 
Bloody Canyon^ . . . 

Bray-Beulah2 

Drumm 

Dry Canyon^ 

Fencemaker^ 

Hard Luck-Pradier2 

Hollyvi/ood2 

Hoyt 

IHX 

New Potosi 

Sutherland2 

White Caps2 . .• 



Lander . . 
Pershing 
Lander . . 
Churchill 
Lander . . 
Pershing 
Lander . . 
Pershing 
Churchill 

do 

Mineral . 
Pershing 
Nye .... 



Past producer 
..,,... do . . 



do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 



Sb 

Sb, Ag 

Sb, Ag 

Sb 

Sb. Ag 

Sb 

Sb, Ag 

Sb, Ag 

Sb, Ag 

Sb 

Au, Ag, Pb, Sb 

Sb 

Au, Sb, As, Hg 



Small 

do 

do 

Unknown . 

Small 

Medium . . 

Small 

do 

Unknown . 

do 

do 

Small 

do 






P) 



NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 



NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 



NAp Not applicable. 

'Based on estimate of metric tons of contained Sb: Large, >50,000; medium, 5,000 to 50,000; small, <5,000. 

^Deposit abstract in directory. 

3No published data have been located. 



35 



\ 



Bloody 
' "anyon 






SufherlandA ^ 

lA ^ 

» Hollywood AFencerriaker 



Ireno 

I O 



r^1 



IHX? 






Drumml 

\ 



\ 



/ .y 

a; 






^bry Canyon/Antimony King 
^ray-Beuiat^g^^ LuckiPradier 






/ 



AWhite 
Caps 



New PqtosiA / 



50 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
• Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 




Douglas 
Careon CKy ^ 
' — Storey \E8meralda 









o .^-*.» 

LAS VEGAS 



Figure 13.— Antimony in Nevada. 



36 



BARITE 

Barite (barium sulfate) is primarily used as a weighting 
agent in oil well drilling (over 90% of 1982 production), paint 
manufacturing, glassmaking, rubber, and as a source of 
barivun chemicals. In 1981, domestic production of barite 
reached record levels of 2.5 million t; in 1982, production 



Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Barite in Nevada 

Total properties 235 

Producers' 125 

Known principal deposits 23 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 17 

'■Includes past producers. 



decreased to 1.67 million t; and by 1983, domestic output 
declined to only 26% of the 1981 level. Of the seven States 
reporting production in 1982, Nevada accounted for 85% 
of the total. 



Reported Barite Production— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (728-729) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




103 t 


Value, 103 


103 t 


Value, 103 


1978 


1,969 


$45,130 


1,622 


$30,034 


1979 


1,916 


53,581 


1,637 


35,707 


1980 


2,037 


65,957 


1,740 


47,800 


1981 


2,585 


102,439 


2,252 


79,716 


1982 


1,674 


69,522 


1,429 


52,727 


1983 


684 


29,203 


601 


21,736 



Principal Known Barite Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 



County 



Current status 



Commodity 



Size' 



Published reserves-resources 



2103 1 



spgr 



Year 



Reference 



Ann3 

Argenta3 

Bald Mountain 

Big Ledge' 

East Northumberland' 

Easy Miner' 

Fish Creel<3 

Greystone' 

Heavy Spar3 

Jungle' 

Kay3 

Lakes' 

Miller 

Mountain Springs' . . . 

P & S' 

Pleasant View 

Q-Bar 

Queen Lode' 

Reeds Canyon .■ 

Rossi' 

Slaven Canyon 

Snoose' 

Stormy Creek' 



Nye 

Lander . . 

do . 

Elko . . . . 

Nye 

Elko . . . . 

do . 

Lander . . 
Elko . . . . 

do . 

Nye 

Elko . . . . 
Lander . . 

do . 

Nye 

Lander . . 
Elko . . . . 

do . 

Lander . . 
Elko . . . . 
Lander . . 
Elko . . . . 
do . 



Explored 

Producer 

Past producer . 

Explored 

Producer 

Past producer . 

Explored 

Producer 

Past producer . 

do . . 

Explored 

Past producer. 

do . . 

Producer 

do . . 

Past producer. 

Explored 

Past producer. 

Explored 

Past producer. 

Producer 

Past producer. 
do . . 



BaSOa 
BaSO^ 
BaSO* 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaSOi 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 
BaS04 



Medium 
. . . do . . 
Unknown 
Medium 
. . . do . . 
. . . do . . 
Large . . 
Medium 
. . . do . . 
. . . do . . 
. . . do . . 
Large . . 
Unknown 
Large . . 
Medium 
Unknown 
. . . do . . 
Medium 
Unknown 
Large . . 
Unknown 
Medium 
. . . do . . 



(*) 
C) 
{') 

n 
(*) 

C) 

{") 
(') 
{*) 
{') 
{*) 

7,300 
{') 
{') 
(') 
{*) 
(') 
(*) 
(*) 
{*) 
C) 

{*) 
{'■) 



{') 

C) 

(') 

C) 
C) 

(*) 

C) 

(*) 
(*) 

C) 
C) 
C) 

{*) 
{*) 
(*} 
(*) 
(*) 
(*) 
{*) 

C) 

{*) 



NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
1982 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 



NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
304 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 



NAp Not applicable. 

'Based on estimate of metric tons of contained barite: Large, >5 million; medium 50,000 to 5 million; small, <50,000. 

2Rounded. 

'Deposit abstract in directory. 

*No published data have been located. 



37 






RENO 

o ^ 



-^M 



K 



\ 



\ 



< 



\ ^ 



% stormy 
Creek 



lungle 



15ueen i 



! 






,: Ao-Bar 
R08»l / 

A #Lakes 

fde™ "^Fish Creek 
^ Heavy Spar 

♦CI °Elko 



Ledge' 
Snoose 



Miner 



A^igental !» 

1. /'l "'":g4p.easln.V. 
Steven Canyon^ j view \ 

"/Spring? A ' GJeystone \ 

ABbld 
M(^ntain 



i....- 



AReeds 
Canyon 

P& S 



Ann 



KaV 
East Northumbertand 



> 



V 

\ 






\ 



J 



..!..__ j. 



Y 



so 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 

' Occurrence 

A Principal deposit 




O' 

LAS VEGAS 



GAS r^ \-J 

> 

\ 



Figure 14.— Barite in Nevada. 



38 



BERYLLIUM 

Beryllium, a lightweight, hard metal with a high 
strength-to-weight ratio, has high electrical, thermal shock, 
and corrosion resistance as well as high thermal conduc- 
tivity. Although high costs have limited the amount of 
beryllium consumed (annual domestic consumption from 
1978 through 1982 averaged 234 t), it is used where its 
unique combination of physical characteristics are required. 
Its uses are varied and range from components in electronic 
switchgear, to brake shoes, to heat shields in aerospace 
equipment, to neutron moderators or reflectors in nuclear 



reactors. About 80% of the U.S. consumption of beryllium 
is in the form of copper alloys; the remainder is evenly di- 
vided between beryllium oxide and beryllium metal. Prior 
to the development of the Spor Mountain bertrandite 
deposits in Utah in the late 1960's, the United States was 
almost wholly dependent on imported beryl to meet 
domestic demand. Since that time the United States has 
become a major producer capable of supplying much of its 
beryllium requirements. Nevada has several beryllium oc- 
currences; however, only small amounts have been mined 
in the past. 



Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Beryllium in Nevada 



Reported Beryllium Production— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 {728-729) 



Total properties 22 

Producers^ 5 

Known principal deposits 1 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 1 

includes past producers. 



Domestic production of beryllium is withheld from publication to avoid 
disclosing company proprietary data. No beryllium production was reported 
in Nevada from 1978 through 1983. 



Principal Known Beryllium Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 


County 


Current status 


Commodity 


Size' 


Published reserves-resources 




10M 


wt% 


Year 


Reference 


Mount Wheeler^ 


White Pine . . 


Developed 


Be, CaFj, W 


Large . . . 


(=•) 


(^) 


NAp 


NAp 



NAp Not applicable. 

^Based on estimate of metric tons of contained BeO: Large, >1,000; medium, 10 to 1,000; small, <10. 

^Deposit abstract in directory. 

^No published data have been located. 



39 



~L. 



s 

RENO ^—^'I I 

/ .^ \ 



...i. 



\ 



^ 



^^N^ 



50 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
> Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 



■~~\. 



I 



■\ 



/•■' 



\ 







J 



\, 



Mount Wheeler 



'V 



_..J 



X LAS VEGAS t \_y 



Figure 15.— Beryllium in Nevada. 



40 



COPPER 

Copper, primarily used by ancient civilizations for 
jewelry, coinage, and weaponry, is used by modern society 
in thousands of applications because it possesses a versatili- 
ty siupassed by few metals. More than 50% of the copper 
produced domestically is used in the electrical and com- 
munications industries, while another 40% is used in brass 
mills. 

A lengthy labor strike in 1980 effectively immobilized 
10 major domestic producers, which resulted in a substan- 
tial production decrease when compared with 1979 levels. 
In 1981, 15 mines in Nevada were producing copper ore, 
the bulk of which was from Duval's Copper Basin Mine; 
only 3 mines reported copper production in 1982. Although 
the United States continues to be a major copper produc- 
ing nation, in 1982, for the first year since 1934 and for on- 
ly the second year since 1883, the United States did not lead 



Bureau of Mines Mineral industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Copper in Nevada 

Total properties 1,116 

Producers' 637 

Known principal deposits 8 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 8 

includes past producers. 



the world in newly mined copper. In 1982, the United States 
ranked second behind Chile and ahead of the U.S.S.R., 
Canada, Zambia, and 58 other countries. 

A copper deposit was announced by Plexus Resources 
Corp., Salt Lake City, UT, in its 1984 annual report. The 
deposit, called the Lyon, is part of the Pvmipkin Hollow iron- 
copper skarn complex in east-central Lyon County. The 
deep-seated Lyon deposit is reported to contain high-grade 
geologic reserves of 7.5 million tons of 3.1% Cu, 8.6 g/t Ag, 
and 0.51 g/t Au. Additionally, there is 26 million tons of 
1.1% Cu peripheral to the high-grade zone. Unfortunately, 
the announcement of this significant copper deposit came 
too late for inclusion in this section's copper table and loca- 
tion map (fig. 16). 



Reported Copper Production^— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (728-729) 



Year 


United States' 


Nevada 




2103 t 


Value, 103 


2103 t 


Value, 103 


1978 
1979 
1980 
1981 
1982 
1983 


1,358 
1.444 
1.181 
1.538 
1,140 
1,038 


$1,990 
2.961 
2.667 
2.886 
1,840 
1,750 


20 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 


$30 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 



W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 

'Contained copper. 

^Rounded. 



Principai Known Copper Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 


County 


Current status 


Commodity 


Size' 


Published reserves-resources 




2103 t 


wt o/o 


Year 


Reference 


Ann Mason3 

Battle Mountain Copper 
Basin.3 

Bear3 

McArthur3 


Lyon 

Lander 

Lyon 

do 


Explored 

Standby 

Explored 

do 

Explored 

Past producer 

Standby 

Past producer 


Cu, Mo 

Cu, Ag, Au 

Cu, Mo, Au, Ag 

Cu 


Large . . . 
Medium . 

Large . . . 
do . . 


449,056 
860 

453,592 

11,793 

36,287- 

72,575 

82,554 

1,353 

135 

115,122 


0.4 

1.49 
■».925 
=13.32 
.4 
.43 
.3- 
.4 
.67 
62.34 
'2.51 
.34 


1976 

1978 
1978 
1978 
1979 
1976 
1979 

1976 
1977 
1977 
1982 


829 

707 
707 
707 
829 
822 


McGill Tailings3 

Robinson district3 

Victorias 

Yerington3 


White Pine . . . 

do 

Elko 

Lyon 


Cu, Ag, Au 

Cu, Mo, Au, Ag 

Cu, Ag, Bi 

Cu, Mo, Ag, Au 


Medium . 

Large . . . 
Medium . 

Large . . . 


413 

792 
337 
337 
49 



'Based on estimate of metric tons of contained Cu: Large, >1 million; medium, 50,000 to 1 million; small, <50,000. 

^Rounded. 

sDeposit abstract in directory. 

*gytAg. 

5g/t Au. 

'Proven. 

'Probable. 



41 



ti \ 



I- 






*« i 



1 



/^^^Battle Mountain Copper Basin 



JBENq 



s / 



J'"^^ 



— ^ ^~^ 



f 



\ 
"I 
/Ic Arthur S 



%♦ 



j^j 



Ann Masopi/ 



VBear 









/. ^ 



so 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
• Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 




S K 



■■ -I 








^ 


1 

! 




» * 


1 




,> 


! 




«# 


! 


- 




Avicforia 




« 


«?3 








r 


! 
1 




* 


«# 




McGill Tailings ' \ 



Robinson district 



X 



I 



s 



» ^ 



O . 

LAS VEG)\S 



r 



Figure 16.— Copper in Nevada. 



42 



FLUORSPAR 

Fluorspar is a nonmetallic aggregate containing a suf- 
ficient quantity of fluorite (CaFj) to be of commercial value. 
Two producers in southern Illinois accounted for over 90% 
of the domestic fluorspar production in 1983; the remainder 
was from Nevada and Texas. The manufacture of 
hydrofluoric acid, used in the aluminum, fluorchemical, and 
uranium industries, accounted for approximately 64% of the 
fluorspar consumed domestically in 1983. Another 34% was 
used as a flux in steelmaking. Enamels, glass manufacture. 

Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Fluorspar in Nevada 

Total properties 1 52 

Producers^ 47 

Known principal deposits 9 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 6 

1 1ncludes past producers. 



coatings for welding rods, and other end uses accounted for 
the remainder of 1983 consumption. In 1981, 1982, and 
1983, the Crowell Mine (Daisy) in Nye County was the sole 
producer of fluorspar in Nevada. The metallurgical grade 
fluorspar produced at the Crowell Mine was shipped to steel 
plants in California. 



Reported Fluorspar Production^— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 {728-729) 



Year 


United States' 


Nevada 




2103 t 


Value, 103 


2103 t 


Value, 103 


1978 


117,415 


$13,261 


W 




W 


1979 


99,154 


12,162 


W 




W 


1980 


84,037 


12.611 


W 




W 


1981 


104,693 


18,412 


W 




W 


1982 


69,869 


13,293 


W 




W 


1983 


55,000 


10,000 


W 




W 



W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 

'As measured by finished shipments. 

2Rounded. 



Principal Known Fluorspar Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 


County 


Current status 


Commodity 


Size! 


Published reserves-resources 




103 t 


wt % 


Year 


Reference 


Bisoni2 

Chicago Lode 

Crowel|2 

Horseshoe 

Mammoth^ 

Nyco2 

Rainbow2 

Union Canyon 

White Pine2 


Eureka 

Nye 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 


Explored prospect .... 

Past producer 

Producer 

Past producer 

Explored 

Past producer 

do 

do 

Explored prospect .... 


CaFz, Zn, Be 

CaFa 

CaFz 

CaFt 

CaFa 

CaFz 

CaF2 

CaFz 

CaFz 


Large . . . 
Unknown 
Medium . 
Unknown 
Medium . 
. . . do . . . 
Small . . . 
Unknown 
Large . . . 


(^) 

(^) 
(') 


(^) 

(') 
{') 
(^) 


NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 


NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 



NAp Not applicable. 

1 Based on estimate of metric tons of contained CaF2: Large, >5 million; medium, 50,000 to 5 million; small, <50,000. 

zQeposit abstract in directory. 

3No published data have been located. 



GOLD 

Gold production in Nevada increased from 26% of total 
U.S. production in 1978 to 47% of U.S. total in 1983. Since 
1980, Nevada has been the largest gold producing State. 
Nevada gold production more than tripled between 1978 
and 1983. Nevada 1982 gold production was 28,626 kg. Pro- 
duction by the end of 1984 could easily be at the annual 
rate of 29,000 kg. After mid-decade, Nevada could be an- 
nually producing 31,000 kg (1 million oz) gold as new prop- 
erties come on stream and several existing producers 
complete expansion. As a comparison, total 1983 U.S. gold 
production was 60,900 kg. 

Most Nevada gold discoveries are very recent. An- 
nouncement of new Nevada discoveries and plans for mine- 
Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Gold in Nevada 

Total properties 2,476 

Producers' 1 ,726 

Known principal deposits 52 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 33 

'Includes past producers. 



mill development have been commonplace up to the present 
time. 

One of the most recent discoveries was announced by 
AMAX Inc. in February 1985. Named the Sleeper, this gold 
and silver ore body is located about 50 km northwest of Win- 
nemucca in Humboldt County. AMAX intends to develop 
and produce initially from a high-grade portion of the 3.8 
million t ore body that, on the whole, averages 4.5 g/t Au 
and 25 g/t Ag. Production is scheduled to commence by 
mid-1986 at the mine rate of 450 t/d, producing about 1,700 
kg Au and 1,900 kg Ag annually. Unfortunately, the an- 
nouncement of this significant Nevada discovery came too 
late to include in the tabulation of principal known gold 
deposits below and on figure 18. 

Reported Gold Production^- United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (728-729) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




106 kg 


Value, 103 


kg 


Value, 103 


1978 
1979 
1980 
1981 
1982 
1983 


31.1 
30.0 
30.2 
42.9 
45.6 
60.9 


$193,324 
296,550 
594,050 
633,918 
550,966 
829,929 


8,125 

7,779 

8,662 

16,323 

23,548 

28,626 


$50,496 
76,905 
170,595 
241,220 
284,601 
390,226 



'Data are rounded. 



43 



1 

( 

I 
I 




I 



J 

I 
I 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 

• Oocurrenoe 
^ Principal deposit 



'XJ 



Flgur* 17.— Fluorspar In Nevada. 



44 



Principal Known Gold Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 



County 



Current status 



Commodity 



Sizei 



Published reserves-resources 



2108 t 



g/t Au 



Year 



Reference 



Alligator Ridge^ . 
Atlanta^ 



Aurora^ 



Bald Mountain^ 



Battle Mountain 
Copper Canyon:^ 
Fortitude. 

Bell Mountain^ . . . 



Blue Star3 

Bootstraps 
Borealis^ . 



Buckhorn^ 



Buckskin 

Bullion Monarch^ 

Carlin3 

Cortez 

Dee3 



Dexter: 
High-grade zone 

Low-grade zone 



Dry Canyon (Quito) . 
Eldorado Canyon . . 
Enfield Bell (Jerritt 
Canyon).3 

Fire Creek 

Florida Canyon . . . . 

Gance Creek 

Getchell3 



Gold Bar 

Gold Hill .... 
Gold Quarry3 . 



Goldfield3 

Goldstrike3 

Hilltop 

Hog Ranch 

Horse Canyon^ . . 

Ivanhoe 

Lewis 

Lucerne 

Maggie Creek^ . . 

Manhattan* 

Mesona 

Northumberland* . 
Paradise Peak . . . 



Pinson* 



Preble* 

Rain* 

Rawhide 

Relief Canyon* . . 
Round Mountain* 

Santa Fe* 



Sterling* 

Tonkin Springs:* 

Upper zone 

Lower zone 

Tonopah Divide* 

Tonopah Hasbrouck* 



Victorine-Kingston . 
Windfall* 



White Pine 
Lincoln . . . 



Mineral . . . 

White Pine 
Lander .... 



Churchill 
Eureka . 



Elko . . . 
Mineral 



Eureka . 

Douglas . 
Eureka . 
.... do 
.... do 
Elko . . . . 



do 



do 



Lander . 
Clark . . 
Elko . . . 



Lander . . . 
Pershing . 

Elko 

Humboldt 



Eureka 
Storey . 
Eureka 



Esmeralda . 
Eureka . . . 
Lander . . . . 
Washoe . . . 
Eureka . . . 

Elko 

Humboldt . 

Lyon 

Eureka . . . 

Nye 

Elko 

Nye 

.... do . . 

Humboldt . 

.... do . . 

Elko 

Mineral . . . 
Pershing . . 
Nye 



Mineral 



Nye 



Eureka . . . 
.... do . . 
Esmeralda . 
.... do . . 



Lander . 
Eureka 



Active-producer 
do . . . 



Active-producer, 

testing and 

developing. 
Active-testing and 

developing. 
Active-producer . . 



Active-developing, 

exploration. 
Active-intermittent 

producer. 
Active-producer* . 
do 



do. 



Active-developing .... 

Active-producer 

do 

Active-past producer* 
Active-producer 



Active-exploration 



.do. 



Active-exploration 

do 

Active-producer . . 



Active-producer . . . . 
Inactive-explored . . . 
Active-exploration . . 
Active-past producer, 

exploration. 
Active-exploration 

Inactive 

Active-developing 



do ... . 

Active-producer . 
Active-feasibility . 
Active-exploration 
Active-producer . 
Inactive-explored 
Active-developing 
Inactive-explored 
Active-producer . 

do ... . 

Active-exploration 
Active-producer . 
Active-developing 



Active-producer 



do ... . 

Active-exploration 

do ... . 

Active-producer . 
do ... . 



Active-feasibility . 
Active-producer . 



Active-exploration 

do 

Active-producer . . 
Active-exploration 

Active-producer, 

exploration. 
Active-producer . . 



Au, Ag, Hg 
Au, Ag. . . . 



Au, Ag. 

Au . . . . 
Au, Ag. 



Au, Ag . 

Au . . . . 



Au, Ag. . . . 
Au, Ag, Hg 

Au, Ag. . . . 



Au, Cu, Ag 
Au, Ag. . . . 
Au, Ag, Hg 

Au 

Au 



Au, Ag. 

Au, Ag. 

Au, Sb. 
Au . . . . 
Au . . . . 



Au 

Au 

Au 

Au, Ag, W. 



Au . . . . 
Au, Ag. 
Au. Hg 

Au, Ag. 
Au, Ag . 
Au . . . . 
Au . . . . 
Au . . . . 
Au . . . . 
Au, Ag . 
Au . . . . 
Au . . . . 
Au, Ag. 
Au . . . . 
Au, Ag. 
Au, Ag. 



Au. Ag, Hg 



Au . . . . 
Au, Ag . 
Au, Ag. 
Au, Ag. 
Au. Ag . 

Au, Ag . 



Au. Ag. Hg 



Au . . . . 
Au . . . . 
Au, Ag . 
Au, Ag. 



Au, Ag . 
Au, Ag. 



Medium 
Small . . 

. . . do , . 



. . . do . . 
Medium 

Small . 

... do . 

... do . 
... do . 

... do . 

... do . 
Small . 
Medium 
Small . 
... do . 

. . . do . . 

. . . do . . 

Small . . 
Unknown 
Medium 

Small . . 
. . . do . . 
Unknown 
Small . . 

. . . do . . 
. . . do . . 
Large . . 



Small . . 

do., 
.do., 
.do., 
.do.. 
• do.. 

do.. 

do., 
.do., 
-do.. 

do., 
.do.. 
Medium 



Small . 

... do . 
... do . 
... do . 
... do . 
Large . 

Small . 

... do . 

... do . 
... do . 
... do . 
... do . 

... do . 

... do . 



3.5 
.9 

1.4 



2.5 



14.5 



2.5 

1.6 

<.9 
2.3- 
2.7 
4.5 

.36 

en 

84.08 

en 

102.420 
"1.010 

1.8 

1.7 

1.36 

12.4 

.32 
18 

2.950 

9 

2.5 

en 

12166 
13122 
1.919 
(^ 
i''9.34 

(15) 

3.121 

(16) 

>9.1 

O 

3.3 

4.5 

15.4 
9.1 

'02.7 

"2.2 

1.6 

1V.5 

(18) 

8 
177.3 

1910.4 

.18 

2.3 
.45 

4.5 

O 
2.7 



3.1 

3.0 
<55.0 

4.42 
<10.0 

3.1 

4.8 
"18.0 

2.02 
-•56 
4.1 

4100 

1.5 
2.7 
*2.1 
1.5 
420 
C) 

en 

85.5 

O 
103.94 
11.96 

1.37 
-^5.1 
34 
<2.4 
6.9 
O 
7.03 

2 
.7 

6.2 
5.5 
3 

en 

121.47 

1*1.65 

2.4 

i<2.5 

1.89 

(16) 

NA 

O 
2.7 
1.2 

1.5 
3.4 
*103 
103.19 
11.89 
2.13 
2.85 

(18) 

1.1 
1.5 
4.79 
1.88 
420.9 
6.9 

3 
3 

(n 

2 

451 

1 



1983 
1980 

1982 



1984 



1983 



1984 

1974 

1979 
1981 

1983 

1983 
NAp 
1983 
NAp 
1983 



1984 

1984 

1984 
NAp 
1984 

1982 
1984 
NAp 
1982 

1984 
NAp 
1983 

1984 
NAp 
1984 
1984 
1982 
1984 
1984 
NAp 
1984 
1983 
NAp 
1981 
1984 

1983 

1984 
1983 
1964 
1984 
1981 

1983 

1983 

1983 
1983 
NAp 
1982 

NAp 

1975 



15 
61 

309, 444 



499 



435 



208 

517 

378 
383 

769 

394 

NAp 

511 

NAp 

493 



524, 534 

524, 534 

799 
NAp 
313 

611 
662 
NAp 
61 

660 
NAp 
511 

502 

NAp 

532 

611 

564 

611 

501 

NAp 

511 

311 

NAp 

61 

611, 772 

667 

770 
511 
611 
658 
388 

531, 657 

533 

241 
241 
NAp 
611 

NAp 

805 



NAp Not applicable. NA Not available. 

1 Based on estimate of metric tons of contained Au: Large, >90; medium, 90 
to 30; small <30. 



2Rounded. 

*Deposit abstract in directory. 

"Silver. 



45 



sPit inactive, reserves depleted. Low-grade dump is being leaclied. 
^Development ore assayed 6.9 g/t Au, 0.9% Cu, and 14 g/t Ag. 
^No published data have been located. 
^Quantity and grade include Carlin and Blue Star reserves. 
^Low-grade and high-stripping-ratio resource believed remaining; dump 
material currently being mined. 
i°Mill grade. 
1' Leach grade. 
i^Total resource. 



^'Recoverable reserve. 

'■•Contains 5.2 million t averaging 2.7 g/t amenable to open-pit mining. 
i5Contains >3,000 kg Au. 
i^Contains >15,000 kg Au. 
•'Contains 3.1 million t averaging 5.04 g/t Au. 
•^Contains >18,000 kg Au. 

•'Contains 6.3 million t oxide ore averaging 1.6 g/t Au and 15 g/t Ag, and 
4.1 million t sulfide ore averaging 2.26 g/t Au and 30.9 g/t Ag. 




Dry A!? 

Canymi : * 

>~ J, ~ \ « "t!^ » / ^*Viotorine-Kingston 

^ •« ^ t u" B^ell Mountain*! «* «^ "K' 



XL*! J A' « i .» „ t ^Northumber 



h, 



land 



Paradise Peak' 

A * 




xAi 



Santa Fern 



^Borealis ^m. "" 



Roundi§<S 
Mountain 



> 



Manhattan 



."/ 



Atlanta 



Tonopah^sjonop 
Hasbrouck^" Divic 



ah 
de 



'^oldfiefd 



50 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
« Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 





1 

i 


Humboldt 
Pershing y*"^ 


.ureka 

1 


Elko 






icilurchlllj J 


White Pine 

i 
1 

Lincoln 




J^i 


Looufl 
l-CaiK 
—Store' 


las 

HlC 
f 


\Mln6ral\ 
\E8fnen 


Nye 
ilda 

\ 




Clark 



\ « ^^Sterling 



t 



\ 



o 

LAS VEGAS 



Eldoradof 



^^^ Canyon I 



Figure 18.— Gold in Nevada. 



46 



IRON ORE 

U.S. iron ore production, down about 50% in 1982 when 
compared with 1981 levels, was at the lowest since 1938. 
The reduction was largely due to the decline in iron and 
steel production. In California, a major mine was per- 
manently closed and 9 of 13 taconite operations in the Lake 
Superior District were closed 7 to 12 months. In Nevada, 
the Nevada-Barth Corp. continued to ship ore to the Geneva, 



Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Iron Ore in Nevada 

Total properties 216 

Producers' 77 

Known principal deposits 9 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 9 

''Includes past producers. 



UT, facility from its mine stockpile near Carlin; production 
reportedly ended in 1980 because of exhaustion of ore 
reserves. Two other mines, the Iron Mine in Churchill Coim- 
ty and the Cooney Brothers, Pershing County, also reported 
shipments in 1982. 



Reported Iron Ore Production^— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 {728-729) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




2103 t 


Value, 103 


2103 t 


Value, 103 


1978 
1979 
1980 
1981 
1982 
1983 


84,542 
87,602 
70,711 
73,340 
36,330 
45,006 


$2,401 ,387 
2,814,440 
2,544,121 
2,915,239 
1,491,809 
1,944,988 


W 
W 
W 
100.6 
78.9 
W 


W 
W 
W 
$1,490 
1,119 
W 



W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 
'As measured by shipments; includes byproduct ore. 
2Rounded. 



Principal Known Iron Ore Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 


County 


Current status 


Commodity 


Size' 


Published reserves-resources 




2103 t 


wt % 


Year 


Reference 


Buena Vista3 

Calico Hills3 

Dayton3 

Dodge-Ford3 


Churchill 

Mineral 

Lyon 

Pershing 

Douglas 

Eureka 

Nye 

Pershing 

Lyon 


Past producer 

Unknown 

Explored prospect. . . . 

Past producer 

do 

do 

do 

Explored prospect .... 
do 


Fe 

Fe, Cu 

Fe 

Fe 

Fe 

Fe 

Fe 

Fe 

Fe, Cu, Au, Ag 


Medium . 
Small . . . 
Medium . 
...do... 
Small . . . 
Medium . 
Small . . . 
Large . . . 
...do... 


46,000 

(=) 
46,000 

(=) 
{«) 
45,000 
(=) 
(=) 
250,000 


28.5 
(^) 
42 

(=) 

{') 

42.7 

(=) 
40 

6.3 


1971 
NAp 
1971 
NAp 
NAp 
1971 
NAp 
NAp 
1969 


■»454 
NAp 
454 
NAp 


Minnesota3 

Modarelli3 

Phelps-Stokes3 

Piute3 

Pumpkin Hollow3 


NAp 
454 
NAp 
NAp 
771 



NAp Not applicable. 

'Based on estimate of metric tons of contained Fe: Large, >100 million; medium, 5 million to 100 million; small, <5 million. 

^Rounded. 

3Deposit abstract in directory. 

''Buena Vista published reserves-resources are for 3 separate ore bodies and include measured, indicated, and inferred estimates. 

^No published data have been located. 

6Wt % Cu. 



47 



/n 



...PiMie^.. 



3odge-Ford / 



iSna Vista 



bENO 



O f- i 

I s '' 



J" 



/ ,,'- DaytonN 

^^-..-^s.-.k ..A ^ 

Minnesota' 



>X , 



.1- 



A / ^Calico Hills A » 

Pumpkin : Hollow ! ' \ 

\, i 1 ' ^ 



50 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
« Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 



Phelps-Stokes 



/ 

\ / 



\ 



\ 



\ 




-Douglas ^yMlneral > 

-Carson City 

-Storey \E8meralda 



^Modakelli 

\ 



I 



J 

y 



( 



i 



LAS VEG*S ( V»»/ 






Figure 19.— Iron in Nevada. 



48 



LEAD AND ZINC 

Lead and zinc are two of the most widely used metals 
in world industry. In terms of tonnage used, lead and zinc 
rank fifth and fourth, respectively, after iron, aluminum, 
and copper. In 1982, world mine production of lead and zinc 
was estimated at 3.5 million and 6.2 million t, respectively, 
while output from U.S. mines was estimated at 513,000 t 
lead and 303,000 t zinc. 

Although Nevada is not a major producer of either lead 
or zinc, both metals have been periodically recovered from 
Nevada mines. The last significant period of production was 
during the mid-1970's when the Pan American Mine in 

Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Lead and Zinc in Nevada 

Total properties 1 ,506 

Producers' 1 ,051 

Known principal deposits 10 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 6 

'Includes past producers. 



Lincoln County was operated by the Bunker Hill Co. Since 
1979, however, output of lead and zinc has been small. 



Reported Lead and Zinc Production— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (722-723) 



Year 



Lead 



103 1 



Value, 103 



Zinc 



103 1 



Value, 103 



UNITED STATES 



1978 


'530 


$393,516 


'303 


$206,854 


1979 


'526 


609,929 


'267 


219,841 


1980 


'550 


515,189 


'317 


261,671 


1981 


'446 


358,821 


'312 


306,879 


1982 


'513 


288,579 


'303 


257,116 


1983 


'449 


214.623 


'275 


251,204 



NEVADA 



1978 


0.653 


$485 


1.371 


$937 


1979 


.024 


28 


W 


W 


1980 


.026 


24 


.002 


2 


1981 


W 


W 


W 


W 


1982 


W 


W 








1983 


.014 


7 









W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 
'Rounded. 



Principal Known Lead and/or Zinc Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 



County 



Current status 



Commodity 



Size' 



Published reserves-resources 



2103 t 



wt % 



Year 



Reference 



Argentena . . . . 

Caselton3 

Mountain View. 
Pan American3 



Potosi 

Prince3 

Ridge 71293. 
Ruby Hil|3 . . 



Clark . . 
Lincoln 
Eureka 
Lincoln 



Past producer. 

do . 

do . 

do . 



Clark ... 
Lincoln . 
Eureka . 
do 



do 
do 



Explored . . 
Developed 



Ward3 . 



White Pine . . , 



Active-developing . 



Yellow Pine Clark 



Past producer. 



Zn, Pb, Ag, Au, Cu, V . 

Zn, Pb, Ag, Mn 

Zn, Pb, Ag, Cu, Au . . . . 
Zn, Pb, Ag, Mn 

Zn, Ag, Pb 

Zn, Pb, Ag, Mn 

Zn, V, Mo, Se, oil shale 
Zn, Au, Ag, Pb 

Zn, Pb, Ag, Cu 

Zn, Pb, Ag, Cu, Au . . . . 



Small . . 
Medium 
Small . . 
Medium 



Small . . 
Medium 
...do. . 
...do.. 



.do 



(*) 

(*) 

1,992 



(*) 

(*) 

(*) 

2,841 



4,500 



.do. 



(*) 



{*) 
(*) 

51.17 

62.45 
72.07 
(Sic) 
C) 
(*) 
C) 
53.7 
68.3 
95.48 

7194 
95.5 

7103 
'"1.4 



NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
1982 



NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
1982 



1983 



NAp 



NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
168 



NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
168 



637 



NAp 



NAp Not applicable. 

'Based on estimate of metric tons of contained Pb and Zn: 

2Rounded. 

3Deposit abstract in directory. 

"No published data have been located. 

5Wt % Pb. 

6Wt % Zn. 

7g/t Ag. 

8g/t Au. 

^Combined wt % Zn-Pb. 

'"Wt % Cu. 



Large, >1 million; medium, 50,000 to 1 million; small, <50,000. 



49 






■u 



".n. 



u. 



■In 






1^ 






»-. 



s 

( 






\T 



o ^ 



Mountain •» / 
View " 



! 

• I 



/ 






A Ruby. 



\ 



...k.. 



i Ridge ^ 
I 7129 • 






,i ^- 



■'■^jr;;-- «|t 



Ward 



Vv 



C'» ^ 



" / 



\ / • 






*»' 



\/ 



. *N 



Caselton ; 



Pan , 
American 

T 



X 









\ 



SO 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
> Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 





1 
1 


HmOoktt 
PenhktoT 


Eho 






JlChurchHj 


"' 1 




-^l 


J90 r T- 




Looug 
'-Cam 
—Stare 


in CI 
y 


\e«toibI(*i 


V 

Lincoln 


\ 


CW 



•.I 

■ I . •■ J 

\ ' • • . ' 

V ' • O -.- . / 

\^ I . LAS VEGks C^ \^ 

N ?c;<osi \ 

\ ^ * ^ 

X*' AYellow Rine V 



rgentena 



X. 



Figure 20.— Lead-zinc in Nevada. 



50 



LITHIUM 

Lithium is the lightest weight, lowest density, and most 
electrochemically reactive metal known. It finds use in a 
variety of commercial or industrial applications. The United 
States is the world's largest consumer of lithium and from 
1978 through 1983, apparent domestic consumption aver- 
aged 2,833 t. In 1983, the aluminum industry, the largest 
lithium user, accounted for about one-third of domestic con- 
sumption. Other consuming industries include ceramic and 



Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Lithium In Nevada 

Total properties 2 

Producers! 1 

Known principal deposits 2 

Deposit abstracts In di rectory 2 

! Includes past producers. 



specialty glass, lubricant, air conditioning, synthetic rub- 
ber, and primary batteries. 

The United States is also the world's largest producer 
of lithium. In addition to supplying domestic needs, U.S. 
producers provide about 70% of market-economy countries 
supply of lithium. Approximately three-fourths of U.S. out- 
put is obtained from pegmatite deposits in North Carolina. 
The remainder is from lithium-bearing brines in Clayton 
Valley, NV. Currently, there is significant exploration ac- 
tivity in the McDermitt Caldera area near the Nevada- 
Oregon border where an extensive deposit of hectorite, a 
lithium-bearing clay, occurs. 



Reported Lithium Production— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (722-723) 

Lithium production data for both the United States and Nevada are withheld 
to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 



Principal Known Lithium Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 


County 


Current status 


Commodity 


Slzei 


Published reserves-resources 




2103 t 


wt o/o 


Year 


Reference 


Montana Mountains^ 

Silver Peak' 


Humboldt .... 
Esmeralda 


Explored 

Producer 


LI, U 

LI 


Large . . . 
...do... 


41 




NAp 
1979 


NAp 
638 



NAp Not applicable. 

iBased on estimate of metric tons of contained LIOj: Large, >100,000; medium, 10,000 to 100,000; small, <10,000. 

^Rounded. 

'Deposit abstract In directory. 

"No published data have been'located. 

sLi as LI2CO3. 



51 



T„ 



RENO 

o 









) 



\ i 1 



\ 



50 



Scale, miles 

LEGEND 

A Principal deposit 



A Montana 
Mountains 



1^_. 



y~ 



/" 



ASilver • 
Peak 



DougtaB X^*"^'^ 
■-Carson City 
' — Storey \E8merakto 




I I 



J 



I 



I 



o 

LAS VEGAS 






r 









Figure 21 .—Lithium in Nevada. 



52 



MAGNESIUM 

Magnesium, the eighth most abundant element in the 
Earth's cnist, has two basic commercial forms: magnesium 
metal and magnesium compounds. Apparent U.S. annual 
consmnption of magnesium metal averaged 111,000 1 from 
1978 through 1983, and for the same period, apparent an- 
nual domestic consumption of magnesium compounds 
averaged nearly 705,000 t (magnesium content). In 1983, 
about 53% of consumption of metallic magnesium was in 
the production of aluminvmi-based alloys. Other uses of the 
metal included magnesium castings and wrought products; 
reducing agents for titanium, zirconium, uranium, and 
beryllium metal; cathodic protection; and production of 
nodular cast iron. About 80% of the magnesium compovmds 
used in the United States is in the form of magnesia (MgO) 
for high-temperature, basic refractory materials. The steel 
industry, the largest consumer of magnesia refractories, 
uses about 5.5 kg of MgO per metric ton of steel ingot pro- 
duced. Magnesium compounds are also used in the produc- 



Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Magnesium in Nevada 

Total properties 35 

Producers' 2 

Known principal deposits 2 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 2 

includes past producers. 



tion of a variety of other industrial and consumer goods 
including such diverse products as pulp and paper, sugar, 
rubber, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, textiles, 
glass, paint, cements, and ceramics. 

In the United States, magnesiimi metal and magnesivun 
compounds are recovered from seawater, well and lake 
brines, dolomite, brucite, and magnesite. 

Prior to World War II, Nevada produced minor amoimts 
of magnesium compounds; however, in the early 1940's pro- 
duction of magnesia greatly expanded principally for feed 
to the Grovernment-built magnesium metal plant near 
Henderson, NV. All of the ore was obtained from deposits 
near Gabbs in Nye County. Magnesite mining for the pro- 
duction of refractory grade magnesia began in 1949 and has 
been carried out since. 



Reported Magnesium Production^— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (722-723) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




2103 t 


Value, 103 


103 t 


Value, 103 


1978 


1,378 


$221,626 


W 




W 


1979 


1,428 


234,306 


W 




W 


1980 


1,297 


277,506 


W 




W 


1981 


1,114 


262,265 


W 




W 


1982 


915 


222,287 


W 




W 


1983 


935 


216,765 


W 




W 



W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 
'Magnesium compounds shipped and used. 
2Rounded. 



Principal Known Magnesium Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 


County 


Current status 


Commodity 


Size' 


Published reserves-resources 




2103 t 


wt % 


Year 


Reference 


Basic, lnc.3 

Overton3 


Nye 

Clark 


Producer 

Explored 


MgO 

MgO 


Large . . . 
Medium . 


24,500 
(^ 


«<5 



1956 
NAp 


749 
NAp 



NAp Not applicable. 

'Based on estimate of metric tons contained MgO: Large, >10 million; medium, 100,000 to 10 million; small, <100,000. 

^Bounded. 

3Deposit abstract in directory. 

"Wt % CaO. 

^No published data have been located. 



53 



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"■T"" 



L-... 



o ^■' 

/ "-1 


~-^: \ 



..^■~ 



\ 



^ { 






^^\] 



\ 






/ 



ABasic, Inc. 



V 



so 



Scale, miles 

LEGEND 

• Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 



\. 







Humboldt 








% 






Elko 








1 
















s 


Pershing j 


.A 






\ fa" 






_—>lChurohlllJ 


:ureka 


^ 




-JjL 


<!" / 


Looug 


ai 


\Mlneral\ 


Nya 


L-Caraon Ctty \/ ^ 




' — Storey \E«men 


iltla 


Lincoln 








^ 


Claik 



Ik 

\ 



! 






i 



A > 

Overton' 1 



\^ J LAS VEGAS /""^ \^ 



Figure 22.— Magnesium in Nevada. 



54 



MANGANESE 

Manganese, an extremely critical material in an in- 
dustrial economy, is essential in the production of virtually 
all steels and pig iron. When added to the melt in small 
amounts (approximately 6.8 kg/t), manganese acts as a 
scavenger by combining with oxygen and sulfur to form 
easily removable slag. When added in larger amounts (10% 
to 14%), manganese imparts a work hardening charac- 
teristic to steel without sacrificing other desired properties. 
Manganese added to aluminum, magnesium, and copper 
increases strength, hardness, and/or corrosion resistance. 
Other uses of manganese include the production of dry cell 
batteries and chemicals. 

The United States is almost totally dependent on im- 
ports to satisfy domestic manganese demand. Between 1978 
and 1982, net U.S. import reliance ranged from 97% to 99% 



Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Manganese in Nevada 

Total properties 209 

Producers^ 69 

Known principal deposits 5 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 5 

includes past producers. 



of domestic consumption. During war or other periods of 
artificially high prices, however, domestic mines have pro- 
duced high-grade manganese ore or concentrates (>35% 
manganese). The Three Kids Mine in Clark County, the 
largest manganese producer in Nevada, is reported to have 
yielded more than 600,000 1 of concentrates averaging about 
45% manganese {727). Other major manganese past pro- 
ducers in Nevada include the Black Diablo Mine in Per- 
shing County and the Caselton and Pioche No. 1 and 2 in 
Lincoln County. There has been no reported manganese pro- 
duction in Nevada since 1961. 



Reported Manganese Production^— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (722-723) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




t 


Value, 103 


t 


Value, 103 


1978 


34,723 


$3,074 


NRP 


NRP 


1979 


27,998 


2,902 


NRP 


NRP 


1980 


20,553 


2,444 


NRP 


NRP 


1981 


22,067 


2,890 


NRP 


NRP 


1982 


3,614 


293 


NRP 


NRP 


1983 


3,335 


216 


NRP 


NRP 



NRP No reported production. 

1 Manganese content of manganiferous ore (5% to 35% Mn, natural) 
shipped. Shipments are used as a measure of manganiferous ore produc- 
tion. No manganese ore (35% or more Mn, natural) was reported shipped 
from 1978 through 1983. 



Principal Known Manganese Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 


County 


Current status 


Commodity 


Size' 


Published reserves-resources 




2103 t 


wt % 


Year 


Reference 


Boulder City^ 

Fannie Ryan^ 

Gibellini3 

Three Kids3 


Clark 

do 

Eureka 

Clark 

do 


Explored 

do 

do 

Past producer 

Expored 


Mn 

Mn 

Mn, Ni, Zn 

Mn 

Mn 


Medium . 
Small . . . 
. . . do . . . 
Large . . . 
. ..do... 


13,600 
23 

n 

7,230 
290 


3 
7.6 

(*) 
13.2 
10 


1949 
1949 
NAp 
1982 
1949 


407 
407 
NAp 
351 


Virgin River3 


407 



'Based on estimate of metric tons of contained Mn: Large, >1 million; medium, 100,000 to 1 million; small, <100,000. 

^Rounded. 

3Deposit abstract in directory. 

^No published data have been located. 



55 



IRENO 

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/ 



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J 



N 



i. 






50 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
* Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 



■ J® 



7' 



/ 



\ 



/ 

[L- 






) 



CI £^ ; 



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\ 




DouotfiB \Mineral N 
Carson Ctty 
^—Storey \Eo(neraMa 



! 



vj 






! 



* 5 
I 



Virgin | 
Fannie ,,(\River i 

Three Kids^ < V»^ 

Boulder City / 



X \ 



Figure 23.— Manganese in Nevada. 



56 



MERCURY 

Mercury possesses a combination of useful properties, 
namely, liquidity at ordinary temperatures, chemical 
stability, good electrical conductivity, high density and sur- 
face tension, uniform volume expansion, toxicity of its com- 
pounds for use in fungicides and other pesticides, and an 
ability to alloy readily. This latter property in particular, 
resulted in mercury having an important role in Nevada's 
early mining history. At one time, cinnabar was widely 
mined throughout the State and mercury, recovered by 
retorting, was used in early day gold mine operations to 
recover free gold and silver from placer and lode ores. This 
practice all but disappeared when free-milling ores were 
depleted and the cyanide process was developed. Today, over 
half of domestic mercury consumption is used in electrical 
apparatus. Other areas of principal use are in the elec- 
trolytic production of chlorine and caustic soda, mildew- 
proofing paint, and in industrial and control instruments. 



Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Mercury in Nevada 

Total properties 283 

Producers^ 124 

Known principal deposits 4 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 3 

1 1ncludes past producers. 



In recent years, Nevada has been the largest producer 
of primary mercury in the United States. In 1983, the State 
was the Nation's sole producer. Placer U.S. Inc.'s McDer- 
mitt Mine accounted for 99.8% of U.S. total mercury mine 
production in 1982, or 85% of total domestic mine and 
secondary mercury production. In 1983, Nevada supplied 
the nation with about 50% of the 50,000 flasks reported con- 
sumed. Although the bulk of mercury is produced from the 
McDermitt Mine, the Carlin, Pinson, and Borealis gold 
mines produce small quantities of mercury as a byproduct 
of gold refining. When the Paradise Peak gold mine com- 
mences production in the near future, about 90 t or 2,600 
flasks of mercury is expected to be produced annually. An 
additional unknown quantity of mercury will be produced 
at the proposed Gold Quarry gold mine. 



Reported Mercury Production— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 {728-729) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




Flasks 


Value, 103 


Flasks 


Value, 103 


1978 
1979 
1980 
1981 
1982 
1983 


24,163 
29,519 
30,657 
27,904 
25,760 
25,070 


$3,705 

8,299 

11,939 

11,549 

W 

W 


24,163 
29,368 
30,431 
27,819 
25,760 
25,070 


$3,705 

8,256 

11,851 

11,514 

W 

W 



W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 



Principal Known Mercury Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 



County 



Current status 



Commodity 



Slzei 



Published reserves-resources 



'103 1 kg/t Year Reference 



B & B3 

Carson RIvers 

McDermitt3 . . •. 

Pilot Mountain district 



Esmeralda . 
Carson City 

Humboldt . . 
Mineral . . . . 



Inactive-past producer 
Inactlve-Comstock 
wastes. 

Active-producer 

Inactive-past producer 



Hg, Sb , . . 
Hg, Au, Ag 

Hg 

Hg 



Small . . . 
Medium . 

,.,do... 

Small- . . . 

medium 



1,202 



C) 
4.44 



NAp 
NAp 

1982 
NAp 



NAp 
NAp 

564 
NAp 



NAp Not applicable. 

^Based on estimate of flasks of contained Hg; Large, >500,000; medium, 500,000 to 10,000; small, <10,000. 

'Rounded. 

3Deposlt abstract in directory. 

^No published data have been located. 



^McDermitt 



57 



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o 



.-M 



/^Garson 
. - "River 



\ 



\ h 



fk 



i 



- — 1 







^ 










-n 


T 









*r / 



1^ 



it... 



?i " 



■#^J*ilot W^untain district 



/ 



\ 



X, 



t 



50 



Scale, miles 

LEGEND 

o Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 



B & B 



\ 



\ 




Douglat X^^'"^*'!^ 
Carson City 
• — Storey \E»rnerelda 



f 



o 

LAS VEGAS 



> 



Figure 24.— Mercury in Nevada. 



58 



MOLYBDENUM 

Molybdenum, a silver-white metallic element, is used 
as an alloying agent, refractory metal, and in lubricants, 
catalysts, and pigments. The United States has consistently 
been the world's largest producer of molybdenum, ac- 
counting for about two-thirds of the world annual output 
from 1976 through 1981. In 1982, however, the U.S. share 
of world production declined to about 41%, when domestic 
mines produced an estimated 38,275,000 kg of molybdenum, 
down from 63,458,000 kg in 1981. In 1983 U.S. mine out- 
put declined by nearly 60% and accounted for less than 25% 
of world molybdenum production. 



Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Molybdenum In Nevada 

Total properties 162 

Producers' 2 

Known principal deposits 5 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 4 

'Includes past producers. 



Until 1980, the molybdenum produced in Nevada was 
as a byproduct of cooper ore. By the end of 1981, Nevada's 
first primary molybdenum mine, the Anaconda Minerals 
Co. Nevada Moly Mine, was on-stream; however, no 
shipments were made. The mine operated through 
mid-1982, when the mill was shut down for modifications. 
Although milling resumed in October, the operation was 
again shut down in January 1983 because of the worldwide 
oversupply of molybdenum. In September 1983, operations 
resumed at 60% capacity. 



Reported Molybdenum Production— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 {728-72S) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




1103 t 


Value, 103 


non 


Value, 103 


1978 


60 


$607,950 


45 


$469 


1979 


55 


871,068 


18 


242 


1960 


68 


1,344,181 


NRP 


NRP 


1961 


63 


995,541 


NRP 


NRP 


1982 


38 


504,069 


W 


W 


1983 


15 


167,164 


W 


W 



NRP No reported production. 

W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 

'Rounded. 



Principal Known Molybdenum Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 



County 



Current status 



Commodity 



Size' 



103 1 



Published reserves-res ources 

Reference 



wt % 



Year 



B & C Springs^ 
Buckingham' . . 
Mount Hope' . . 



Nevada Moly' 
Pine Nut 



Nye . . . 
Lander . 
Eureka . 



Nye . . . 
Mineral . 



Explored . . 

do . 

Developing 

Producer . . 



Mo, Cu, Ag . . . . 
Mo, Ag, Cu, W . 

Mo 



Explored 



Mo, Cu 
Mo, W. 



Large 
.do 
.do 

do 

do 



131,000 
907,000 
406,000 

455,000 

82,000 



0.12 
.06 

3.13- 

.32 

.072 

".068 

.06 



1983 
1962 
1961 

1983 

1983 



710 
701 
383 

736 

794 



'Based on estimate of metric tons of contained Mo: Large, >200,000; medium, 5,000 to 200,000; small, <5,000. 
'Deposit abstract in directory. 
3Wt % MoSj 

*m % Cu. 



59 



I RENO 



1,. 






--; 



o ^" / 

■■~~y'- i 

J- 






L..., 



\r 









L —I 'J 



'1 o. 



Buckingham 






\ V,^.. 



Mount Hope ; 

A ) 



r~ 



f 
\ 



1 B a C Springs 



. ....L..... 



Pine Nut 

A 



\ A 



Nevada Moly 



\ 



; 



...1 



i 



! 



50 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
' Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 



\ 




-Doufltaa \Mlnera)\ 

•CarsOTi City 

-Storey XEsmeratda 



\ 



O 

LAS VEGAS 



\ 



Figure 25.— Molybdenum in Nevada. 



60 



SILVER 

Both silver and gold have long been used as storehouses 
for wealth; however, silver possesses physical and chemical 
properties that also make it critical in producing many 
modern industrial and consumer products. Silver's unique 
properties include the highest electrical and thermal con- 
ductivity of all metals; the forming of photosensitive com- 
pounds; the resistance to oxidation at high temperatures 
while maintaining strength; and exceptional malleability 
and ductility. In 1982, U.S. consumers used about 4.66 
million kg of silver while domestic mines yielded only slight- 
ly more than 1.25 million kg of primary metal or about 27% 
of apparent domestic consumption (728). Mines in Nevada 
contributed about 7.8% of the total domestic mine output 
and the State ranked fifth behind Idaho, Arizona, Montana, 
and Utah. 

Nevada, the Silver State, earned its nickname eeirly in 
its history when the rich ore bodies in the Comstock, 



Bureau of Mines Mineral Industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Silver in Nevada 

Total properties 2,479 

Producers' 1 ,740 

Known principal deposits 6 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 5 

''Includes past producers. 



Tonopah, and Eureka districts were discovered and min- 
ed. A recent revival in Nevada's silver mining industry 
began in 1979 in response to sharp increases in silver prices. 
Although industry activity slowed in 1981 and 1982, the 
revival had resumed momentvmi by 1983; the Sixteen-to- 
One commenced production in February 1982, and the 
Candelaria Mine, the Nation's largest open-pit silver mine, 
reopened in August 1983. 

Nevada silver production is likely to increase over the 
next several years, especially if precious metal prices re- 
main attractive. A major share of the increase will be from 
"bj^roduct" silver produced from Nevada's expanding gold 
mining industry. Several large gold mines are undergoing 
expansion and recent new discoveries may yield substan- 
tial silver. The Ward Mine should add a significant quan- 
tity of silver to the State's annual output when production 
commences after 1986. 



Reported Silver Production— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (728-729) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




1103 kg 


Value, 103 


kg 


Value, 103 


1978 


1,225 


$212,681 


25,004 


$4,341 


1979 


1,179 


420,261 


17,431 


6,215 


1980 


1,006 


666,955 


29,237 


19,392 


1981 


1,265 


427,987 


94,538 


31,975 


1982 


1,252 


319,902 


97,735 


24,981 


1983 


1,350 


496,671 


160,618 


59,073 



'Rounded. 



Principal Known Silver Deposits in Nevada^ 



Deposit 


County 


Current status 


Commodity 


Size2 


Published reserves-resources 




3103 t 


g/t 


Year 


Reference 


Candelaria* 

Gooseberry* 

Mohawk 

Rochester* 


Mineral 

Storey 

Esmeralda 

Pershing 

Esmeralda 

White Pine 


Active-producer 

do 

do 

Active-feasibility 


Ag, Au 

Ag, Au 

Ag 

Ag, Au 

Ag, Au 

Ag, Au 


Medium . 
Small . . . 

.. do... 
Medium 

Small . . . 

Medium . 


16,800 
509 

180 
80,100 

1,000 

6,000 


37.4 
349 

58.9 
480 
51 
5.24 
190 

5.96 
110 


1983 
1984 

1980 
1983 

1984 

1983 


423 
504 

762 
94 


Sixteen-to-One* 


Active-producer 


700 


Taylor* 


do 


637 



'Many of Nevada's gold deposits also contain significant silver reserves-resources and with moderate price changes could be described as silver properties; 
many of these gold-silver deposits are listed under "Principal Known Gold Deposits in Nevada." 
zfiased on estimate of metric tons of contained Ag: Large, >1 0,000; medium, 10,000 to 500; small, <500. 
3Rounded. 

*Deposit abstract in directory. 
5g/t Au. 



61 



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\ 



»„«« 



"S 



•O j-^'^ A^Gooieberry 



i*^ 






V 






K' L, 



\1 - 

^v • ■ : 



• I 






Candetaria' 

/ 



X Mohawk t 

x 



SIxteen-to-One 



n 









Taylor 



\ 



1 «« 



I 



A 



■"-**' ** 



I \ 



l*h%, \ 



•< . 






\ 



60 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
• Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 




\ 



N J , l-AS VEOAS ^"""^ V-/ 



\- 






Figure 26.— Silver In Nevada. 



62 



TUNGSTEN 

Tungsten, vital to the defense industry, is essential for 
high-speed wear-resistant applications in most plant, mine, 
construction, and drilling operations, and for lamp filaments 
and many other pure metal uses. It is an important alloy- 
ing element in tool steel. Approximately 95% of domestic 
tungsten production, up about 31% in 1981 from 1980 levels, 
came from two mines in California and one each in Colorado 
and Nevada. The Emerson Mine, Lincoln County, NV, was 
that State's largest producer, accounting for over 90% of 



Bureau of Mines Mineral industry Location System 
(MILS) Data— Tungsten in Nevada 

Total properties 597 

Producers' 321 

Known principal deposits 14 

Deposit abstracts in di rectory 8 

'Includes past producers. 



production in 1981. The Emerson, Nevada Scheelite, 
Springer, Red Ant No. 2, Bobby No. 4, and Wells Tungsten 
reportedly produced in 1981. As of July 1983, tungsten pro- 
duction in Nevada was at a much lower level as a result 
of depressed tungsten market conditions. In 1984, the prin- 
cipal Nevada tungsten mines remain closed. 



Reported Tungsten Production^— United 
States and Nevada, 1978-83 (728-729) 



Year 


United States 


Nevada 




2103 kg 


Value, 103 


2103 kg 


Value, 103 


1978 
1979 
1980 
1981 
1982 
1983 


3,130 
3,014 
2,738 
3,545 
1,575 
1,016 


$56,961 
55,785 
50,575 
62,231 
22,062 
10,528 


119 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 


»1,687 
W 
W 
W 
W 
W 



W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. 
'Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable pro- 
duction (including consumption by producers). 
2Rounded. 



Principal Known Tungsten Deposits in Nevada 



Deposit 



County 



Current status 



Commodity 



Size' 



Published reserves-resources 



2103 1 



wt % 



Year 



Reference 



Desert Scheelite . . 

Emerson^ 

Garnet-Tennessee 

Mountain.^ 
Granite Creek . . . . 

Gunmetal" 

Indian Springs^ . . . 



Linka* 

Monte Cristo 

Nevada Scheelite^ 

Riley 

Riley Extension-. . . 

Springer" 

Tonopah* 

Wells 



Mineral 
Lincoln 
Elko... 



Humboldt 
Mineral . . 
Elko 



Past producer 

Standby 

Past producer 

do 

do 

Developed . . . 



Lander . . . 
White Pine 
Mineral . . . 
Humboldt . 

do .. 

Pershing . . 
Humboldt . 
Elko 



Past producer . . . . 
Explored prospect . 
Past producer . . . . 

do . ... 

do .... 

Standby 

Past producer . . . . 
Producer 



W 

W, Mo, Zn, CaFj, U 
W, Mo 

W, Mo 

W, Mo, Au 

W 

W, Mo 

W, Mo 

W, Cu, Mo 

W, Cu, Zn, Pb 

W, Cu, Zn, Pb 

W, Mo 

W, Cu, Mo 

W 



Small . . 
Large . . 
Medium 

Small 
Large 
...do 

Small 
Large 
.. .do 
Small 
...do 
Large 
Medium 
Small . 



{') 
359 

{') 

12,610 
39,000 

(') 

(') 

(=>) 



{') 
50.42 

P) 

(^) 

5.265 
5.164 

(=>) 

(=•) 

(=>) 

(=") 

P) 
(=>) 
P) 



NAp 
NAp 
1977 

NAp 
NAp 
1970 

NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 



NAp 
NAp 
526, 527 

NAp 
NAp 
147 

NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 
NAp 



NAp Not applicable. 

'Based on estimate of metric tons of contained W: 

^Rounded. 

3No published data have been located. 

"Deposit abstract in directory. 

5Wt % WO3. 



Large, >1 0,000; medium, 500 to 10,000; small, <500. 



63 



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I 

u 



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O ^ / I 



X \ 



( t 



V* f 



i ' 






Gal'net-Tennessee Mountain^ ^ 



«« Tonopatu^ 
Riley Exteitslon^i^pji^y 

Granite Creek A | 



A 

Indian S 
Springs! 



Ayy«"s 



j 



^Springer |_ » ^ 



)f~r 



-\ 



r 



A 



Nevada y 

' 'Scheelite i 



Gurtinetayi^r^'s^ Scheelite 



Linka i 



/ 






. i 



T 



/ 



-r- I 



A. 



.._i 



Monte Cristo 



«• 1 



! 



A 



Emerson 



n 



50 



Scale, miles 
LEGEND 
> Occurrence 
A Principal deposit 




I LAS VEGAS (^ V^y 

\ 



\ 






Figure 27.— Tungsten in Nevada. 



64 



ABSTRACTS OF SELECTED DEPOSITS IN NEVADA 



As previously described, the heart of this publication 
consists of single-page, site-specific deposit abstracts for 119 



selected deposits in Nevada. Figure 28 and table 9 serve 
as an index for the deposit abstract section. 



TABLE 9.— Deposit abstract index 

(Refer to figure 28) 



Map 
No. 



Deposit name 



V) 



Map 
No. 



Deposit name 



V) 



Deposit name 



V) 



Map 
No. 



Deposit name 



V) 



1.. 
2.. 
3.. 
4.. 
5.. 
6.. 
7.. 

8.. 
9.. 
10. 
11. 
12. 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22. 
23. 
24. 
25. 
26. 
27. 
28. 
29. 
30. 
31. 
32. 
33. 
34. 
35. 
36. 
37. 
38. 
39. 
40. 

41. 
42. 

43. 
44, 
45. 
46. 
47. 
48. 
49. 
50. 
51. 
52. 
53. 
54. 
55. 
56. 
57. 
58. 
59. 



Indian Springs .... 

Easy Miner 

Snoose 

Big Ledge 

Stormy Creek 

Jungle 

Garnet-Tennessee 

Mountain. 

McDermItt 

Montana Mountains 

Enfield Bell 

Lal<es 

Fish Creel< 

Heavy Spar 

Gold Quarry 

Maggie Creek 

Carlin 

Bullion Monarch . . . 

Blue Star 

Goidstrlke 

Bootstrap 

Dee 

Queen Lode 

Rossi 

Getchell 

Tonopah 

Pinson 

Preble 

Springer 

Bloody Canyon .... 

Rochester 

Relief Canyon 

Sutherland 

Hollywood 

Dodge-Ford 

Fencemaker 

Buena Vista 

Piute 

Rain 

Argents 

Battle Mountain 

Copper Basin, 

Buckingham 

Battle Mountain 

Copper Canyon. 
Mountain Springs . . 

Qreystone 

Modarelll 

Buckhorn 

Horse Canyon .... 
Tonkin Springs . . . . 

Mount Hope 

Victoria 

Bald Mountain . . . . 
Alligator Ridge . . . . 

Ruby Hill 

Windfall 

BIsoni 

GIbellini 

Ridge 7129 

Linka 

Antimony King . . . . 



W 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

W 

Hg 

Li 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

W 

Au 

Au 

W 

Sb 

Ag 

Au 

Sb 

Sb 

Fe 

Sb 

Fe 

Fe 

Au 

BaS04 

Cu 

Mo 
Au 

BaS04 

6aS04 

Fe 

Au 

Au 

Au 

Mo 

Cu 

Au 

Au 

Pb-Zn 

Au 

CaF2 

Mn 

Zn 

W 

Sb 



60. 
61. 
62. 
63. 
64. 
65. 
66. 
67. 
68. 
69. 
70. 
71. 
72. 
73. 
74. 
75. 
76. 
77. 
78. 
79. 
80. 
81. 
82. 
83. 
84. 
85. 
86. 
87. 

88. 
89. 
90. 
91. 
92. 
93. 
94. 
95. 
96. 
97. 
98. 
99. 
100 
101 
102 
103 
104 
105 
106 
107 
108 
109 
110 
111 
112 
113 
114 
115 
116 
117 
118 
119 



Dry Canyon 

Hard Luck-Pradier . 

Bray-Beulah 

Gooseberry 

Dayton 

Carson River 

Minnesota 

McArthur 

Ann Mason 

Yerington 

Bear 

Pumpkin Hollow . . . 

Calico Hills 

Bell Mountain 

Nevada Scheelite . . 
Phelps-Stokes .... 

Basic, Inc 

B & C Springs 

Santa Fe 

Borealls 

Aurora 

Gunmetal 

Candelaria 

B&B 

P&S 

Northumberland . . . 

Ann 

East Northumber- 
land. 

Kay 

Round Mountain . . 

White Caps 

Manhattan 

Nevada Moly 

Tonopah Divide . . . 
Tonopah Hasbrouck 

Sliver Peak 

SIxteen-to-One .... 

Goldfleld 

Crowell 

Sterling 

McGIII Tailings .... 
Robinson district . . 

Ward 

Taylor 

Mount Wheeler . . . 

White Pine 

Atlanta 

Mammoth 

Nyco 

Rainbow 

Caselton 

Prince 

Pan American .... 

Emerson 

C-M Alunlte 

Overton 

Virgin River 

Fannie Ryan 

Three Kids 

Boulder City 



Sb 

Sb 

Sb 

Ag 

Fe 

Hg 

Fe 

Cu 

Cu 

Cu 

Cu 

Fe 

Fe 

Au 

W 

Fe 

MgO 

Mo 

Au 

Au 

Au 

W 

Ag 

Hg 

BaS04 

Au 

BaS04 

BaS04 

BaS04 

Au 

Sb 

Au 

Mo 

Au 

Au 

LI 

Ag 

Au 

CaF2 

Au 

Cu 

Cu 

Pb-Zn 

Ag 

Be 

CaF2 

Au 

CaFa 

CaF2 

CaF2 

Pb-Zn 

Pb-Zn 

Pb-Zn 

W 

Al 

MgO 

Mn 

Mn 

Mn 

Mn 



Alligator Ridge . . . 

Ann 

Ann Mason 

Antimony King . . . 

Argenta 

Atlanta 

Aurora 

B&B 

B & C Springs . . . 

Bald Mountain . . . 

Basic, Inc 

Battle Mountain 
Copper Basin. 

Battle Mountain 
Copper Canyon. 

Bear 

Bell Mountain . . . . 

Big Ledge 

BIsoni 

Bloody Canyon . . . 

Blue Star 

Bootstrap 

Borealls 

Boulder City 

Bray-Beulah 

Buckhorn 

Buckingham 

Buena Vista 

Bullion Monarch . . 

C-M Alunlte 

Calico Hills 

Candelaria 

Carlin 

Carson River . , , , 

Caselton 

Crowell 

Dayton 

Dee 

Dodge-Ford 

Dry Canyon 

East Northumber- 
land, 

Easy Miner , 

Emerson , , . 

Enfield Bell . 

Fannie Ryan 

Fencemaker 

Fish Creek . 

Garnet-Tennessee 
Mountain. 

Getchell 

GIbelllnl 

Gold Quarry 

Goldfleld 

Gold Strike 

Gooseberry 

Greystone 

Gunmetal 

Hard Luck-Pradier 

Heavy Spar 

Hollywood 

Horse Canyon . . . 



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Hg 

Mo 
Au 
MgO 
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BaS04 

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Jungle 

Kay 

Lakes 

Linka 

Maggie Creek 

Mammoth 

Manhattan 

McArthur 

McDermitt 

McGill Tailings .... 

Minnesota 

Modarelll 

Montana Mountains 

Mount Hope 

Mount Wheeler . . . 
Mountain Springs . . 

Nevada Moly 

Nevada Scheelite . . 
Northumberland . . . 

Nyco 

Overton 

P&S 

Pan American .... 

Phelps-Stokes 

Pinson 

Piute 

Preble 

Prince 

Pumpkin Hollow . . . 

Queen Lode 

Rain 

Rainbow 

Relief Canyon .... 

Ridge 71 29 

Robinson district . . 

Rochester 

Rossi 

Round Mountain . . 

Ruby Hill 

Santa Fe 

Silver Peak 

SIxteen-to-One 

Snoose 

Springer 

Sterling 

Stormy Creek 

Sutherland 

Taylor 

Three Kids 

Tonkin Springs .... 

Tonopah 

Tonopah Divide . . . 
Tonopah Hasbrouck 

Victoria 

Virgin River 

Ward 

White Caps 

White Pine 

Windfall 

Yerington 



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Cu 

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Fe 

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BaS04 

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Cu 

Ag 

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Au 

BaS04 

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Ag 

Mn 

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66 



ALLIGATOR RIDGE— GOLD 



Ore body names: Veintage 1, 2, eind 3 



Commodities: Au, Ag, Hg 
(Au-Ag ratio = 9:1) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County White Pine. 

Mining district Buck Mountain (8 km north of mine). 

Elevation 2,250 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Public, BLM-administered. 



General location About 60 km northeast of Eureka. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 1, T 22 N, R 57 E. 

Latitude 39°48'24" N. 

Longitude 115°31'12" W. 



Owner Amselco Minerals, Inc., Denver, CO (subsidiary of Selection Trust Ltd., London, England), 50%; NERCO Minerals Co., 

Fairbanks, AK (subsidiary of Pacific Power & Light Co., Portland, OR), 50% (1984). 
Operator Amselco Minerals, Inc. (1984). 



GEOLOGY' 



TVpe of ore body Disseminated; stratabound. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular. 

Ore controls Bedding; faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 20° E: nearly horizontal. 

mineralized zone. 
Age of mineralization . . . Tertiary (5 to 30 million yr). 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 915. 

Width 305. 

Thickness 75. 

Depth 120 (deepest ore body). 

Mineral names Gold (coarse free and submicrometer free); 

oxide zone— specular hematite, jarosite, stibiconite, goethite, drusy 
quartz, barite, calcite, gypsum, alunite, kaolinite; carbonaceous ore— 
stibnite, pyrite, orpiment, realgar, calcite. 



Host formation 


. . . . Pilot Shale. 


(Geologic age '. . 


. . . . Mississippian. 


Rock relationships ..... 


. . . . Siltstone, silicified-brecciated, 




contains ore. 




Siltstone, unaltered carbonaceous 




calcareous, is unaltered, unmineralized 




Pilot Shale. 




Limestone is above and below host 




rock. 


Alteration 


Jasperoid silicification, oxidation, decar- 




bonatization. 


Size 


. . . . Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status . Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit: 680,000-t/a capacity. 

Year of discovery June 1976. 

Discovery method Outcrop sampling. 

Initial production May 1981. 

Past production 1,980.3 kg (63,668 tr oz) Au, 

141.8 kg (4,558 tr oz) Ag (1981) 

(133). . 
Total, 1.8 million t (2 million ton) 

ore with 3.91 g/t (0.114 tr oz/lon) 

leachable metal (1981-83) (15). 
Annual production rate . About 1,900 kg Au (60,000 tr oz), 

440 kg Ag (14,000 tr oz). 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site wells, 180 m deep. 

Road requirement - . . Amselco improved about 50 km of 

county road. 
Distance to power Supply ... 50- to 60-km poWerline constructed. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Agglomeration, heap cyanide leaching, 

carbon adsorption, electrolysis, 

smelting. 

Process rate .... 680,000 t/a (2,700 t/d). 

Product type .". . . Dora bullion bars; 92% Au, 6% Ag. 

Distance shipped About 700 km. 

Destination ..'...; Anaheim, CA." 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



1 . . Not reported in reference 14,000,000 tons 

2 . .Demonstrated 5,000,000 tons 

a . .Proven 3,900,000 tons 



15, 61, 82, 83, 90, 111, 133, 163, 227, 284, 297, 298, 358, 378, 
400, 412, 481, 565, 587, 681, 835. 



0.12 tr oz/ton Au 1981 

0.12 tr oz/ton Au (average stripping ratio of 3.08:1; 1981 

tons waste:tons ore). 

0.092 tr oz/ton Au (stripping ratio = 3.5:1) 1983 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Ely, 1:250,000. 

Cold Creek, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320330470. 

Mid number 2601624. 



61 
835 

i5 



'The deposit, as presently defined, consists of 4 separate but adjacent minereilized areas. Ore bodies are irregular but roughly circular in plan with widths 
of 100 to 200 m, lengths of 200 m, and thicknesses estimated at 40 to 50 m. Pilot Shale host is approximately 60 to 90 m thick but thins and disappears 
to the west and south. 1984 projected mine life is mid-1988. 



67 



ANN— BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaSO^ 



County Nye. 

Mining district Northumberland. 

Elevation 2,500 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Federal; National forest. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



About 66 km southeast of Austin. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 28, T 13 N, R 46 E. 

38 "55 '40" N. 

116 "47 '45" W. 



Owner W. B. Kohlmoos, N. S. Mallory, T. Corder (1983). 

Operator Dresser Industries, Dallas, TX (1983). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Bedded replacement. 

Origin Sedimentary. 

Shape of ore body Irregular. 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 40° E: 45° E. 

mineralized zone. 

Minercdized zone aver- Unknown. 

age dimensions, m. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Current status Inactive-explored. 

Type of operation Possible surface. 

Year of discovery ...... 1967. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production No production. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



338, 367, 368, 646, 623, 624. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size . 



Pinecone. 

Devonian. 

Chert. 

Claystone, lies over ore. 

Mudstone. 

Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill location 



<3 km. 
<10 km. 
<10 km. 
No mill. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence number 



Tonopah, 1:250,000. 
Northumberland Pass, 7.5'. 
0320230718. 



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68 



ANN MASON— COPPER 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Cu, Mo 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Lyon. 

Elevation 1,829 m. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 58 km southeast of Carson City. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 13, T 13 N, R 24 E. 

Latitude 38°59'03" N. 

Longitude 119°14'47" W. 



Owner. 



Host formation 


Yerington Batholith. 


Geologic age 

Rock relationships 


Jurassic. 

. . . . Quartz monzonite, encloses ore, gangue 




Porphyrtic quartz monzo- 
nite, encloses ore, gangue. 
Granodiorite, encloses ore, gangue. 




Quartz monzonite porphyry dikes; 
highest ore grades occur near 
dikes. 




Tertiary volcanics; above ore on the 
north. 


Alteration 


Sodic-calcic, potassic, propylitic, 

sodic, sericitic. 


Size 


Large. 



The Anaconda Minerals Co., Denver, CO (a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Co., Denver, COX1984). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Disseminated, porphyry copper. 

Oiigin Magmatic, hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular. 

Ore controls Dikes, faulting. 

Plunge and dip of West: gentle, 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . 168 million yr. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 2,360. 

Thickness -t-530. 

Depth 90 to -1-240. 

Mineral names Chalcopyrite, pyrite, bomite, 

molybdenite, goethite, limonite, chrysocolla, hematite, quartz, 
K-feldspar, plagioclase, hornblende, biotite, magnetite, sphene, 
apatite, zircon, ilmenite, augite, chlorite, sericite. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-explored prospect. 

Type of operation Prospect. 

Year of discovery 1968. 

Discovery method Geophysical, drilling. 

Initial production No production. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade Year Reference 

1 . .Not reported in reference 495,000,000 tons 0.40% Cu 1976 829 

REFERENCES 

126, 128, 453, 567, 695, 822, 829. USGS quad maps Walker Lake, 1:250,000. 

Yerington, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320190169. 

Comments: Copper mineradization is contemporaneous with and spatially related to a swarm of quartz monzonite porphyry dikes that intrude into granodiorite 
and quartz monzonite. Mineralized zone dimensions are for >0.2% Cu. 



69 



ANTIMONY KING— ANTIMONY 



Alternate names: Last Chance, Pine, Dry Canyon, Big Creek, Stokes, 
Mammoth, Mountain View, Commodore, Confidence 



Commodities: Sb 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lander. 

Mining district Big Creek. 

Elevation 2,682 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Mixed. 

Owner Donald Colson (1984). 

Lessee FMC Corp., Reno, NV (1984). 

Type of ore body Shear zone; fracture zone. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting; fracturing. 

Strike and dip of N 55° W: 55" W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 200. 

Width 40. 

Thickness 2. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Stibnite, pyrite. 

Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Year of discovery 1890. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1907, 

Last production 1970. 

Past production 454 t Sb metal (376). 



(Jeneral location About 12 km southwest of Austin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 26, T 18 N, R 43 E. 

Latitude 39°23'27" N. 

Longitude 117°06'08" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation Valmy. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Shale, encloses ore. 

Limestone, encloses ore. 

Sandstone, near ore. 

Chert, near ore. 

Siltstone, near ore. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Road requirement <50 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



376, 693. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Millett, 1:250,000. 

Austin, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320150034. 



Comments: Some production apparently combined with or reported as output from the Dry Canyon antimony mine. 



70 



ARGENTA— BARITE 



Alternate names: Barium King, Milchem, Nevada Barite, 
Yuba-Shelton, Baryte No. 1, 3 



Commodities: BaSO« 



LOCATlON-OWNERSfflP 



County Lander. 

Mining district Argenta. 

Elevation 1,890 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Public; private. 



General location About 18 km east of Battle Motmtain. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 19, T 32 N, R 47 E. 

Latitude 40''38'14" N. 

Longitude 116''44'20" W. 



Owner Milchem, Inc., Battle Mountain, NV (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding; lithology. 

Strike and dip of N lO" E: 20° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 400. 

Width 170. 

Thickness 15. 

Depth 60. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Open pit. 

Initial production 1935. 

Last production 1983. 

Past production About 5,215,000 t barite mined 

to January 1982 (.385). 



Host formation Slaven. 

Geologic age Devonian. 

Rock relationships Chert, lies over ore, encloses ore. 

Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location 65 km north of mine. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Crushing, jigging, grinding. 

Product type Jigged and ground barite. 

Distance shipped Gulf Coast, California, Wyoming, and 

Canada. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



No published reserve-resource information. 



REFERENCES 



87, 283, 330, 346, 385, 392, 546, 548, 601, 688, 693. 



USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Dimphy, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320150057. 

Mid number 2600635. 



Comments: Existing pit operations cover about 40.5 ha. The Argenta has been divided into 6 mtgor areas for development, of which 2 are currently being 
stripped and mined. 



71 



ATLANTA— GOLD 



Alternate names: Atlanta Home, Atlanta Strip, Hillside, 
Sparrow Hawk, Pactolion Fraction, Belle 



Commodities: Au, Ag, 
minor U 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lincoln. 

Mining district Atlanta. 

Elevation 2,073 m. 

Topography Hilly. 



General location About 80 km northeast of Pioche. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 24, T 7 N, R 68 E. 

Latitude 38°27'57" N. 

Longitude 114°19'18" W. 



Owner-operator Standard Slag Co., Reno, NV (1984). 

Owner Bobcat Properties, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated gold in shear-breccia zone. 

Origin Hydrothermal; open space filling 

of breccia zone. 

Shape of ore body Tabular (planet). 

Ore controls Faulting, silicification, brecciation. 

Strike and dip of N 5" E: 45" W. 
mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Tertiary. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions 
(breccia zone), m: 

Length 200. 

Width 250. 

Mineral names (Sold (microscopic), silver (microscopic), 

limonite, quartz, mangemese oxides, jasperoid, hematite, barite, clay. 



Host formation Ely Springs Dolomite (see comments). 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Dolomite, massive dolomite below ore 

zone. 
Jasperoid breccia, portions are ore. 
Quartz porphyry, near ore, in places 

contains low-grade gold. 
Alteration Silicification, intense; kaolinitic 

argillization; alunitization. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply ... 14 km. 

Road requirement Existing to site. 

Distance to power supply. . . On-site, 26-km line. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active, producing. 

Milling method Cyanide leach, countercurrent decan- 

tation, Merrill-Crowe zinc precipi- 
tation, smelting. 

Process rate 520 t/d (570 ton/d). 

Product type Bullion. 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit; multiple bench. 

Year of discovery About 1906; reactivated in 1974. 

Initial production 1975 (Standard Slag). 

Last production Ongoing 1984. 

Past production May 1, 1975, to May 31, 1982: 

2,500 kg (80,000 tr oz) Au, 

12,000 kg (400,000 tr oz) Ag. 

Estimated total ore milled is 

860,000 t (.680). 
Annual production rate. . Estimated 400 kg (13,000 tr oz) 

Au and 2,000 kg (65,000 tr oz) 

Ag (132). 

PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade Year Reference 

L.Not reported in reference 1,100,000 tons 0.08 tr oz/ton Au; 1.6 tr oz/ton Ag 1980 61 

REFERENCES 

61, 102, 132, 207, 265, 288, 289, 393, 412, 617, 678, 680, 723, 724. USGS quad maps Lund, 1:250,000. 

Atlanta, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320170169. 

USGS MRDS number M032067. 

Mid number 2601143. 

Comments: The Atlfuita ore body carries disseminated submicroscopic gold and uranium within a breccia zone consisting of brecciated fragments of limestone 
(Ordovician-Ely Springs Dolomite), quartz porphyry, quartzite (Ordovician-Eureka Quartzite), volcanic rocks (possibly Tertiary-ignimbrites), 
jasperoid. Breccia is cemented chiefly by quartz. The ore zone has been intruded by qusulz-porphyry and is bounded by 2 high-angle, west- 
dipping normal faults. Tertiary volcanic ignimbrites form the hanging wall; the Ely Springs Dolomite forms the footwall. 



72 



AURORA— GOLD 



Patented claim names: Silver Lining Consolidated, Humboldt, 

Humboldt W., Astor, Alice C. Dennis 
Alternate names: Humboldt East Claims, Himiboldt West Claims 



Commodities: Au, Ag 



County Mineral. 

Mining district Aurora. 

Elevation 2,290 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



About 35 km north of Hawthorne. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 17, T 5 N, R 28 E. 

38° 12 '23" N. 

118°53'16" W. 



Owner-lessee Electra North West Resources, Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada (1983). 

Owner-lessee Centennial Minerals, Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada (1983). 

Operator Centennial Exploration Corp. (1983). 

(Portions of the property are leased from Hanna Mining Co. and from Houston International Minerals.) 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fissure vein. 

C^gin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 40» E: 60 to 70» W. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization ... 10 million yr. 

Pit zone average 
dimensions (1983 
plan), m: 

Length 490. 

Width 60 to 120. 

Depth 12 to 36. 

Mineral names Native gold, quartz, sulfides (sparse) 

(typical mineralogy of ore veins has been quartz, adularia, argenti- 
ferous tetrahedrite, pyrite, ch^lcopyrite, and soft blue-gray material 
containing gold, and native gold). 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Alteration (district) , 
Size 



Volcanics. 

Tertiary. 

Andesite, altered, encloses ore. 

Quartz, vein encloses ore, vein is 

ore. 
Potassic, argillic, propylitic. 
Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer; developing. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery District discovery in 1860. 

Discovery method Unknown. 



Distance to water supply. 



Initial production 
Past production . . 



June 1983 (planned). 

The first dore was planned to be 
poured in July 1983. Planned 
production for 1983 was 77,000 t 
containing about 300 kg gold. 
Anticipated recovery was 70%. 
Total waste production planned was 
200,000 t (309). 



Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 

Mill location 

Mill status 

Milling method 



Process rate . 
Product type 



900 m, from abandoned underground 

workings. 
No new access road required. 
On-site diesel electric generation. 
On-site. 
Active-testing. 
Test cyanide heap leach, adsorption- 

desorption columns, electrolysis, 

smelting. 
90-t jaw and cone crusher, estimate 

about 1,600 t/d and 196,000 t/a. 
Gold dore. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



L.Probable and inferred 1,500,000 tons , 

2..Not reported in reference 1,200,000 tons . 



7, 90, 228, 309, 366, 444, 698. 



0.129 tr oz/ton Au 1983 309 

0.13 tr oz/ton Au; 0.30 tr oz/ton Ag 1982 444 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Walker Lake, 1:250,000. 

Aurora, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320210544. 

Mid number 2601790. 



Comments: Ore body reflected in published reserves is reported to be open at depth and along strike. 



73 



B & B— MERCURY 



Alternate names: Chrysler, Kollsman Mine 



Commodities: Hg, Sb 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Esmeralda. 

Mining district Oneota (Fish Lake Valley). 

Elevation 2,414 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain National forest. 



General location About 91 km west of Tonopah and 

27 km northwest of Dyer. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 1, T 1 S, R 33 E. 

Latitude 37°53'17" N. 

Longitude 118°15'04" W. 



Owner Robert W. Hughes Oocator), Las Vegas, NV (1982). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated; breccia fill. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting; lithology; bedding. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m 
(estimated): 

Length 600. 

Width 300. 

Thickness 15. 

Mineral naunes Cinnabar, schuetteite, chalcedony, opal, 

zeolites, alimite, kermesite. 



Host formation Volcanics. 

Geologic age Tertiary. 

Rock relationships Opalite blsinket, encloses ore, 

gangue. 
Rhyolite tuff, lies under ore. 
Andesite breccia, near ore. 

Alteration Extensive silicification of 

rhyolite tuffs. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Surface; underground. 

Mining method Open pit; drift. 

Year of discovery 1925. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1927. 

Last production 1970. 

Past production See comments. 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . <10 km. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Dismantled. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



8, 29, 42, 103, 148, 276, 376. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Mariposa, 1:250,000. 

Benton, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320090084. 

USGS MRDS number M055003. 

Comments: Published past production data are obscure and some production credited to the B & B Mine between 1957 and 1970 was taken from other 
ore bodies netu-by. Mercury production from the district is probably about 8,000 flasks. The remaining reserves are low grade and Isu-ge tonnage. 



74 



B & C SPRINGS— MOLYBDENUM 



Alternate names: B C Project, B C Well, U.V. Industries Moly Prospect 



Commodities: Mo, Cu, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Paradise Peak. 

Elevation 2,140 m. 

Topography Rolling. 

Domain Mixed. 



General location About 76 km northeast of Hawthorne. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 34, T 11 N, R 37 E. 

Latitude 38°46'50" N. 

Longitude 117°48'06" W. 



Owner Sharon Steel Corp., Miami Beach, FL (1982). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated; fissure vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal; contact metasomatic. 

Shape of ore body Irregular; tabular. 

Ore controls Lithology; igneous. 

Strike and dip of N 15° E: 06° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,195. 

Width 465. 

Thickness 51. 

Depth 172. 

Mineral names Molybdenite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, 

tetrahedrite, sphalerite, covellite, magnetite, calcite, dolomite, quartz. 



Host formation Luning. 

Geologic age Upper Triassic. 

Rock relationships Limestone, is ore, encloses ore. 

Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-explored prospect. 

Year of discovery 1968. 

Discovery method Geophysical anomaly. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement <60 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <60 km. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

CloBS Quantity Grade Year Reference 

l..Not reported in reference 131,000,000 t 0.12% Mo 1983 710 

REFERENCES 



11, 29, 166, 196, 367, 368, 433, 626, 646, 710, 750, 768, 827, 828, 837. 



USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:260,000. 

Paradise Peak, 7.6'. 
USBM sequence number 0320230678. 



75 



BALD MOUNTAIN— GOLD 



Alternate names: BF Claim Group, Top Group 



Commodities: Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County White Pine. 

Mining district Bald Mountain. 

Elevation 2,440 m. 

Topography Mountainous. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 130 km northwest of Ely. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sees. 16, 17, 18, T 24 N, R 57 E 

(unsurveyed). 

Latitude 39''57'55" N. 

Longitude 115''34'31" W. 



Owner-operator 



Placer U.S., Inc., San Francisco, CA (subsidiary of Placer Development Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada), 
76% ownership (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated. 

O^gin Probably hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Unknown. 



Faulting, lithology. 
Northwest: 10" to 20° E. 



District ore controls 
Strike and dip of 

district rocks. 
Mineralized zone devel- 
opment dimensions, m: 

Area 1 Area 3 Area 5 Top area 

Length 600 600 600 760 

Width 600 460 300 760 

Mineral names Unavailable 

(Known district minerals include quartz, jasper, pyrite, calcite, stib- 
nite, malachite, chrysocolla, cerussite, powellite, molybdenite.) 



Host formation Unknown. 

Geologic age Unknown. 

Rock relationships Limey shales, surface, at drill 

roads. 
Limestone, surface, at drill roads. 
Size Small. 

NOTE: Past district gold production came from veinlike replace- 
ment deposits in breccia zones (some jasperoid) along northwest-, 
northeast-, or north-striking faults in limestone; northwest- or west- 
striking quartz veins in quartz monzonite porphyry, and valley placers. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-testing; exploration; development. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Conventional open pit. 

Year of discovery Exploration since 1975. 

Discovery method (jieochemical; drilling. 

Initial production 1983 (initial testing). 

Last production Ongoing. 

Past production For 2 months, 109 kg (3,500 tr oz) Au was 

produced from 60,000 t of ore during test 
heap leaching (1983) (499). 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site; deep well. 

Road requirement Access— 13 km improvement; 3 km new. 

Distance to power supply . . . Unknown. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Construction. 

Milling method Conventional cyanide heap leach- 
study ongoing whether carbon- 
adsorption or zinc precipitation for gold 
recovery. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



1 . .Reserves indicated 1,600,000 t 

2 . . Not reported in reference' 200,000 tons . 

3 . . Indicated and inferred 2,800,000 tons . 



Grade 



Year Reference 



3.43 g/t Au 1981 563 

0.10 tr oz/ton Au 1983 495 

0.09 tr oz/ton Au 1984 499 

REFERENCES 



58, 284, 496, 499, 663, 577, 587, 618, 786. USGS quad maps Ely, 1:250,000. 

Cold Creek Ranch, 16'. 
USBM sequence number 0320330503. 

Comments: In 1983, mining of 230,000 1 of ore from Area 6 at the rate of 1,800 t/d began for test heap leaching. Tests were scheduled to begin in September 
1983 and end in June 1984. Intensive ongoing exploration in 1983 was defining reserves in the 3 other adjacent eu-eas. Reserves are contained 
in 6 deposits. 



'This resource was described as minable reserves for test work. 



76 



BASIC, INC.— MAGNESITE 



Alternate names: Gabbs 



Commodities: MgO 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Gabbs. 

Elevation 1,646 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Private; BLM administered. 

Owner C-E Basic, Gabbs, NV (1984). 



IVpe of ore body Replacement. 

Otigin Metaunorphism; hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular; massive. 

Ore controls Lithology. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,520. 

Width 1,000. 

Thickness 60. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Magnesite, brucite. 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of Operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1927. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1941. 

Last production 1984. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



General location About 74 km northetist of Hawthorne. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 26, T 12 N, R 36 E. 

Latitude 38°52'11" N. 

Longitude 117°53'50" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation Luning. 

Geologic age Triassic. 

Rock relationships Limestone, lies imder ore. 

Shale, lies under ore. 

Dolomite, replaced by ore, 
gangue. 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Crushing, heavy media, flotation, 

calcining. 

Process rate 2,000 t/d. 

Product type Refractory magnesia. 

Distance shipped 46 km. 

Destination Luning, NV, for transshipment. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



l..Mea8ured 27,000,000 tons . 

2.. Do 18,000,000 tons . 

3.. Do 7,000,000 tons , 

4..Indicated 2,000,000 tons . 

5.. Do 100,000 tons, 



212, 273, 357, 368, 609, 688, 699, 733, 749. 



Magnesite containing <5% CaO 1956 

Magnesite containing 5% to 26% CaO 1966 

Magnesite containing >26% CaO 1956 

Magnesite containing <5% CaO 1956 

Magnesite containing 5% to 26% CaO 1956 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:250,000. 

Paradise Peak, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320230168. 

Mid number 2600864. 



749 
749 
749 
749 
749 



« M Wi W Ml 



77 



BATTLE MOUNTAIN COPPER BASIN— COPPER 



Alternate names: Copper Basin Mine-Duval Corp. 



Commodities: Cu, Ag, Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lander. 

Mining district Battle Mountain. 

Elevation 1,615 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 10 km southwest of Battle 

Mountain. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 32, T 32 N, R 44 E. 

Latitude 40°36'12" N. 

Longitude 117°02'50" W. 



Owner-operator Duval Corp., Tucson, AZ (subsidiary of Pennzoil Co., Houston, TX) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated; stockwork. 

Origin Hydrothermal; oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Igneous; fracturing. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,000. 

Width 600. 

Thickness 30. 

Depth 75. 

Mineral names Malachite, chrysocolla, cuprite. 



Current status Active-standby. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Bench (berm). 

Year of discovery <1869. 

Discovery method Ore in place. 

Initial production 1897. 

Last production Possibly 1981. 



Host formation Igneous intrusive. 

Geologic age Upper Cretaceous. 

Rock relationships Quartz monzonite, ore in fractures, 

gangue. 
Conglomerate, gangue. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply 



<10 km. 



Road requirement <50 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill status Active, standby. 

Milling method Solvent extraction; electrowinning. 

Process rate 5,170-t/a (18-t/d) output capacity. 

Product type Cathode quality copper. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



L.Measured 948,000 tons 

2. .Not reported in reference 3,066,000 tons (mill) . 

22,657,000 tons 
(leach). 



144, 220, 591, 606, 641, 648, 693, 705, 707, 708, 717, 742. 



1.49% Cu; 0.027 tr oz/ton Au; 0.39 tr oz/ton Ag 1978 707 

1.75% Cu (sulfide) 1968 606 

0.41% Cu (oxide) 1968 606 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000 

Antler Peak, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320150003. 

USGS MRDS number M030001. 

Mid number 2600220. 



78 



BATTLE MOUNTAIN COPPER CANYON— GOLD 



Alternate neunes: Copper Canyon Mine 

Ore body names: Northeast, Tomboy, Minnie, Fortitude 



Commodities: Au, Ag (Cu 
formerly produced from 
ac(jacent pit) 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Lander. 

Mining district Battle Mountain 

Elevation 1,700 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Private; public-BLM administered. 



General location About 20 km southwest of Battle 

Mountain. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 34, T 31 N, R 43 E. 

Latitude 40°31'12" N. 

Longitude 117°07'13" W. 



Owner-operator 



Duval Corp., Tucson, AZ (subsidiary of Pennzoil Co., Houston, TX) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



TVpe of ore body Stockwork (Fortitude ore body). 

Origin Contact metasomatic, replacement. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faults; fractures. 

Strike and dip of North: vertical. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Middle Tertiary (37 million yr). 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m 
(estimated): 

Length 520. 

Width 340. 

Thickness 120. 

Depth 75. 

Mineral names Free gold, silver, pyrrhotite, pyrite, 

"soluble" copper. 



Host formation . . . 

(jleologic age 

Rock relationships. 

Alteration 

Size 



Battle. 

Pennsylvanian. 

Unav£iilable. 

Silicification. 

Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer, development. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1981 (announced— Fortitude). 

Discovery method Geologic inference, geochemical 

sampling; drilling. 

Initial production Dec. 1984 from Fortitude ore body. 

Annual production rate . Reported 1983 mill expansion will enable 
comptmy to produce 4.7 t Au and 46.7 t Ag during 1985, when pro- 
duction from the Fortitude ore body comes on-stream; currently about 
36,000 t/d ore produced. 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km, wells in Reese Valley. 

Road requirement Existing. 

Distance to power supply . . . Existing, 5 km. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active-producing, expansion. 

Milling method Gravity (20%)— tabled, amalgamated, 

retorted. 
Cyanide agitated tank leach (80%)— 

carbon-in-pulp, electrolysis, smelting. 

Process rate 3,200 to 3,400 t/d (1982). 

Product type Dore bullion bars, 95% to 96% Au-Ag. 

Destination Engelhard Industries, Union City and 

Anaheim, CA. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



Minnie and Tomboy: 

l..Not reported in reference 3,900,000 tons . 

Fortitude: 

L.Proven and probable 16,000,000 tons , 

2..Not reported in reference 14,500,000 

3.. Do 15,000,000 tons . 



0.09 tr oz/ton Au; 0.28 tr oz/ton Ag 1981 164 

0.15 tr oz/ton Au; 0.57 tr oz/ton Ag 1981 164 

4.8 g/t Au; 18 g/t Ag 1983 435 

2,400,000 tr oz Au; 9,200,000 tr oz Ag 1984 400 

REFERENCES 



13, 33, 34, 35, 54, 55, 56, 57, 88, 89, 90, 141, 142, 143, 144, 
149, 151, 164, 224, 317, 328, 378, 381, 391, 412, 434, 435, 437, 438, 
465, 484, 500, 558, 588, 590, 591, 605, 606, 608, 641, 693, 706, 707, 
709, 711, 712, 742, 817, 818, 820, 825, 838. 



USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Antler Peak, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320150631. 

Mid number 260550. 



Comments: Production began in 1967 as a copper property. Operations shifted about 1978 to adjacent gold-silver ore bodies when copper prices declined 
and precious metal prices climbed. The existing flotation mill was converted to precious metal recovery. Of 4 separate gold ore bodies, the 
Minnie and Tomboy were mined initially and are essentially depleted. The Fortitude ore body, described above, is the largest with development 
completed in 1984. The mill expansion to handle Fortitude ore will enable Duval to produce 4.7 t (150,000 tr oz) Au and 46.7 t (1.5 million 
tr oz) Ag during 1985 (434). 



79 



BEAR— COPPER 



Alternate names: None 



Conunodities: Cu, Mo, Au, 
Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lyon. 

Mining district Mason Valley. 

Elevation 1,329 m. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 64 km southeast of Carson City. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 4, T 13 N, R 25 E. 

Latitude 39°00'47" N. 

Longitude 119°11'24" W. 



Owner The Anaconda Minerals Co., Denver, CO (subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Co., Denver, CO) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement; disseminated. 

Ci-igin Hydrothermal; oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Unknown. 

Ore controls Igneous; contact zone; faulting. 

Mineral names Chalcopyrite, pyrite, bomite, 

molybdenite. 



Current status Inactive-explored prospect. 

Type of operation Prospect. 

Year of discovery 1961. 

Discovery method Auxiliary mineral in place. 



Host formation Porphjrry dikes. 

Geologic age Tertiary. 

Rock relationships QuEirtz monzonite, encloses ore, gang^e. 

Granodiorite, near ore. 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Road requirement <10 km. 

Distance to power supply ... <10 km. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

l..Not reported in reference 500,000,000 tons . . 

453, 695, 822, 829. 



Grade Year 

0.40% Cu 1979 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Reno, 1:250,000. 

Wabuska, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320190171. 



Reference 
829 



Comments: The deposit does not outcrop and is deeply buried. 



80 



BELL MOUNTAIN— GOLD 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Au, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Churchill. 

Mining district Fairview. 

Elevation 1,810 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 60 km southeast of Fallon. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 10, T 15 N, R 34 E. 

Latitude 39°10'45" N. 

Longitude 118°07'59" W. 



Owner Nevada Silver, Inc. (subsidiary of American Pyramid Resources, Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada), 100% 

(1982). 
Owner-operator Southern Pacific Land Co. (if option agreement met in 1984, will own 66.6% of the property and will 

become the operator) (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Vein; brecciated, sheared. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Fracturing; faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 90° W: 45° S (Main Vein), 

mineralized zone. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length >1,600 (reserves developed on 300 m). 

Width . >115 (downdip). 

Thickness 10 to 18. 

Mineral names Possible electrum and argentite, 

native silver, cerargyrite, possible acanthite, yellow-gray chlorides, 
manganiferous calcite, ocherous limonite, quartz, adularia, barite, 
fluorspar, rhodochrosite, montmorillonite. 



Host formation Undifferentiated volcanics. 

Geologic age Tertieiry (Miocene). 

Rock relationships Rhyolite pyroclastics, encloses ore 

(vein). 
Tuff, air fall, encloses ore (vein). 
Basalt dikes, near ore. 
Calcite-quartz vein, contains ore. 

Alteration Broad silicification, chloritization, 

and eirgillization with seritization 
close to walls of vein; oxidation. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Cxirrent status Active-development; exploration. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open-pit; on 5-m benches. 

Year of discovery Unavailable. 

Discovery method Unvailable. 

Initial production 1927. 

Past production 35 t ore; 17 g/t (0.5 tr oz/ton) Au; 

562 g/t (16.4 tr oz/ton) Ag. 
Annual production rate Anticipate 1.43 t Au; 37.5 t Ag 

(recovery from proven reserves). 



Distance to water supply ... 12 km pipeline from well at 

Stingaree Flat. 

Road requirement 12 km to U.S. Highway 50. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site caterpillar diesels. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Development. 

Milling method Tank cyanidation (CCD); zinc 

precipitation, smelting. 

Process rate 650 t/d (1982 preliminary). 

Product tjfpe Dore bullion (Ag-Au 30:1). 



PUBLISHED RESERVESRESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



1.. Proven 1,000,000 t 

2. .Not reported in reference 1,500,000 to 

2,000,000 t. 

3..Proven 1,000,000 tons , 

Probable 1,000,000 tons , 

Possible 500,000 tons , 



1.5 g/t Au; 50 g/t Ag (Main Vein) 1982 40 

4.2 g/t Au; 100 g/t Ag (Zphinz Zone); 1982 71 
grade based on assay of first crosscut. 

0.055 tr oz/ton Au; 1.4 tr oz/ton Ag 1984 208 

0.022 tr oz/ton Au; 1.0 tr oz/ton Ag 1984 208 

0.14 tr oz/ton Au; 3.3 tr oz/ton Ag (Zphinz Zone) 1984 208 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Reno, 1:250,000. 

Bell Canyon, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320010050. 

Mid number 2601775. 

Comments: Sulfides and sulfosalts have been completely leached from the vein. Origined ore minerals were electrum and argentite. Zphinz Zone was discovered 
as a cross structure of Main Vein in about 1982. Large reserves of low-grade 'ore* reported as extensions of Main Vein. Recent discovery of 
ore in the Zphinz Zone could alter original development plans. 



40, 71, 84, 208, 224, 802. 



81 



BIG LEDGE— BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaS04 



LOCATION-OWNERSmP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Snake Mountains. 

Elevation 2,440 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Mixed; private leetses and unpat- 
ented claims on public lands 
administered by BLM. 

Owner Mary's River Ranch (1983). 

Operator Chromalloy American Corp., St. Louis, MO (1983). 



General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



About 53 km northwest of Wells. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 27, T 42 N, R 61 E. 

41°29'57" N. 

115°03'02" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Sedimentation; hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular; irregular. 

Ore controls Bedding; lithology. 

Strike and dip of N 15° to 45° E: 30° to 45° NW. 

mineralized zone. 
Minertilized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 380. 

Width 105. 

Thickness 30. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 

Size 



Valmy. 

Ordovician, 

Chert, lies along ore, encloses ore. 

Shale, lies along ore, encloses ore. 

Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-explored. 

Type of operation Possible surface. 

Year of discovery 1978. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production No production. 



Distance to water supply . . . Unknown. 

Road requirement <50 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



No published reserve-resource information. 



77, 95, 123, 205, 226, 278, 546, 669, 716, 775, 778. 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence number 



Wells, 1:250,000. 
Black Butte NE, 7.5'. 
0320070904. 



82 



BISONI— FLUORINE 



Alternate names: Bisoni Fluorite, Fish Creek 



Commodities: CaF„ Zn, 
Be 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Fish Creek. 

Elevation 2,316 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domsun BLM administered. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Maynard and Lester Bisoni (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 

Size 



TVpe of ore body Disseminated; replacement; fissure vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular; massive. 

Ore controls Lithology; bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 45° W: 5° S. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,200. 

Width 790. 

Thickness 98. 

Depth 34. 

Mineral names Fluorite, quartz, calcite, limonite, 

sphalerite, beryl, hematite, muscovite, scheelite, molybdenite, sericite. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-explored prospect. Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Year of discovery 1960. Distance to power supply . 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production No production. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

No published reserve-resource information. 



About 15 km southwest of Eureka. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 23, T 18 N, R 52 E. 

39''26'12" N. 

116'>05'17" W. 



Antelope Valley Limestone. 
Middle Ordovician. 
Limestone, ore in fractures. 
Limestone, encloses ore. 
Large. 



<10km. 
<50km. 
<60 km. 



275, 281, 645, 593. 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence number 



Millet, 1:250,000. 
Bellevue Peak, 15'. 
0320110195. 



83 



BLOODY CANYON— ANTIMONY 



Alternate names: Red Star, Hutton 



Commodities: Sb, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSmP 



County Pershing. 

Mining district Star. 

Elevation 1,976 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Mixed. 



General location About 16 km south of Imlay. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 36, T 31 N, R 34 E. 

Latitude 40°31'02" N. 

Longitude IIS'OS'OS" W. 



Owner Hybert L. Neal (1960). 

Operator Metro-dyne International, Inc., Oreana, NV (1970). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fissure vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting; fracturing. 

Strike and dip of 
mineralized zone: 

West Vein N 10° W: 80° to 85° E. 

East Vein N 10° to 26° B: 80° to 86° E. 

Mineralized vein aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 100. 

Width 60. 

Thickness 1. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Stibnite, pyrite. 



Host formation Koipato. 

Geologic age Triassic. 

Rock relationships Rhyolite, encloses ore. 

Limestone, near ore. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 kni. 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

IVpe of operation Underground. 

Year of discovery 1868. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1907. 

Last production 1942. 

Past production 100 t metal (376). 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

No published reserve-resource information. 

REFERENCES 

74. 329, 376. USGS quad maps Lovelock, 1:260,000. 

Imlay, 16'. 

USBM sequence number 0320270294. 

USGS MRDS number M060338. 

Comments: The Bloody Canyon is reported to be second only to the Sutherland Mine in antimony production; principal periods of production were in 
1907 and 1917-21. 



84 



BLUE STAR— GOLD 



Alternate names: Number 8, South Pit, East Pit, North Pit 



Commodities: Au, 
turquoise 



LOCATION-OWNERSmP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Lynn. 

Elevation 1,830 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 43 km northwest of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 4, T 35 N, R 50 E. 

Latitude 40°56'35" N. 

Longitude 116°21'38" W. 



Owner-operator Carlin Gold Mining Co., Carlin, NV (subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corp., New York, NY) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Disseminated. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular in plan. 

Ore controls Faulting; fracturing; lithology. 

Strike and dip of Northwest: unknown, 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Miocene (37.5 million yr). 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 365. 

Width 200. 

Thickness 90. 

Mineral names Quartz, clays, sericite, kaolinite, 

calcite, barite, pyrite, realgar, orpiment, stibnite, cinnabar, 
native gold, turquoise, chrysocolla, malachite, euchroite, 
montmorillonite, sphalerite. 



Host formation 


. . . . Vinini (in upper plate of Roberts 


Geologic age 

Rock relationships 


Mountains Thrust Fault). 
. . . . Ordovician. 
. . . . Sandy siltstone, ore in fractures, 


Alteration 

Size 


gangue, most favored host. 
Cherty shale, adjacent to ore. 
Quartzite sandstone, contains some 

ore. 
Limestone, dolomitic limestone, 

sandy calcareous siltstone, beneath 

ore. 
Dacite porphyry dikes, near ore. 
Quartz diorite plug, about 3 km 

north. 
Jasperoid, near ore. 

Silicification, sericitic kaolinitic 

Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer (intermittent). 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit; bench. Mining by Carlin 

Gold Mining Co. began in 1974 and 

consists of 3 pits. 

Year of discovery 1959 (first claimed for turquoise 

in 1929). 
Discovery method Unknown. 

Initial production 1975. 

Last production Ongoing 1983. 

Past production About 124 kg (4,000 tr oz) in 1980 

(132). 



Road requirement 8-km access road to Carlin Mine 

built in 1974. 
Mill location Mill grade trucked 8 km to Carlin 

mill. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Agitated cyanide leach, CCD; 

oxidation-chlorination pretreatment 

for carbonaceous ore; CCD wash; 

Merrill-Crowe zinc precipitation, 

smelting. 
Product tjrpe Dore bars, weighing about 34 kg. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade Year Reference 

l..Not reported in reference' 1,800,000 tons 0.12 tr oz/ton Au 1974 517 

REFERENCES 

59, 61, 90, 132, 182, 183, 319, 398, 458, 505, 517, USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

570, 593, 616. Rodeo Creek NE, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320110166. 

Mid number 2600500. 

Comments: This property was initially developed for its high-quality turquoise. In 1968, Newmont Mining Corp. acquired property and subsequent 
drilling defined 3 ore bodies (South, East, North) with reserves described above. 



'Resource referred to £is reserves. 



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BOOTSTRAP— GOLD 



Alternate names: Bootstrap Mine Dump 



Commodities: Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County 

Mining district 

Elevation 

Topography . . . 
Domain 



Elko. 
Bootstrap. 
1,750 m. 
Rolling hills. 
Private. 



General location About 56 km northwest of Ceirlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 10, T 36 N, R 49 E. 

Latitude 41°01'08" N. 

Longitude 116°24'58" W. 



Owner-operator 



Ceirlin Gold Mining Co., Ceirlin, NV (subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corp., New York, NY) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 

Host formation Vinini (upper plate of Roberts 

Mountains Thrust Fault). 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Brecciated limestone, contains ore 

in fractures. 
Siltstone, contains ore in fractures. 
Porphyry dikes, contains ore in 

fractures. 
Jasperoid, jasperoid breccia, near 
ore. 

Alteration Argillic, silicification. 

Size Small. 



Type of ore body 


Disseminiated. 


Origin 


Hydrothermal. 


Shape of ore body 


. Tabular. 


Ore controls 


Faulting, fracturing, lithology 
N 70° E. 


Strike of mineralized 


zone. 




Mineralized zone aver- 




age dimensions, m 




(estimated): 




Length 


. 400. 


Width 


. 180. 


Mineral names 


Undetermined. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status . . . 
Type of operation 
Mining method . . 



Year of discovery 
Discovery method 
Initial production 



Last production 

Past production 

Annual production rate 



Active, producing. 

Surface, low-grade dump leach. 

Open pit (inactive-ore body 

depleted). Mining began by 

Carlin Mining Co. in 1973. 

About 1940; Newmont made additional 

discoveries in early 1970'b. 
Surface sampling, drilling. 

Late 1950'8 or early I960's; 

Carlin in 1975. Present dump 

leach began in 1979. 
From open pit in 1978. Leach 

dump to produce until end of 1985 

or 1986. 
104.5 kg Au (1983) (511). About 

820,000 t, 0.86 g/t Au ore has 

been treated into mid-1984. 
About 200 kg Au at peak, less 

currently. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site wells. 

Road requiiement Existing, 19-km access road built to 

Carlin Mine. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site diesel electric generation. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Dump cyanide heap leach, carbon 

adsorption. 

F*rocess rate 200,000 t/a ore, at 54% Au recovery. 

Product type Gold-loaded carbon in drums. 

Distance shipped 19 km. 

Destination Carlin mill at Carlin Mine for fur- 
ther processing by caustic-cyanide 
solution, strip solution, electro- 
winning on steel wool and smelted 
to dore products. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 
l,.Not reported in reference . 
2..Proven 



Quantity 
2,100,000 tons . . 
<1,000,000 tons . 



Year Reference 
1974 510 

1979 378 



83, 186, 226, 319, 378, 398, 412, 606, 606, 610, 
611, 689, 616, 669. 



Grade 

About 0.16 tr oz/ton Au (includes Carlin's 
Blue Star Mine 1974 unmined reserves). 

0.044 tr oz/ton Au (0.028 to 0.063 tr oz/ton; 
low-grade material stockpiled from previous 
mining operation). 

REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:260,000. 

Santa Renia Field, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070349. 

Mid number 2600601. 



Comments: About 800,000 t of low-grade material containing 0.96 g/t was stockpiled for leaching from previous mining. Heap leaching of this 
material continues after construction of dump leach facility in 1978. 



86 



BOREALiS— GOLD 



Alternate names: Jaunies Ridge,* East Ridge Project 



Commodities: Au, Ag, Hg 
(byproduct mercury) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Mineral. 

Mining district Aurora. 

Elevation 2,195 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain National forest. 



General location About 24 km southwest of Hawthorne. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 17, T 6 N, R 29 E. 

Latitude 38°22'57" N. 

Longitude 118''45'36" W. 



Owner Houston International Minerals Corp. (HIMCO), Denver, CO (subsidiary of Tenneco, Inc.) (1983). 

Operator W. E. Vining Co. (contractor), Carson City, NV (1983). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Breccia fill; stratiform; disseminated. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Lenticular (flattened football). 

Ore controls Faults; lithology; fractures; hot 

springs vents. 

Strike and dip of N 55 °E: relatively flat. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization ... 5 to 12 million yr, possibly Pliocene. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 370. 

Width 152. 

Thickness 60. 

Mineral names Quartz, hematite, montmorillonite, 

chlorite, calcite, pyrite, barite, kaolinite, alunite. 



Host formation Esmeralda, Volcanics. 

Geologic age Miocene. 

Rock relationships Silicified andesite breccia, is ore. 

Sponge rock (altered tufD, is ore. 
Andesite flows and breccia, lies 

under ore. 
Andesite and ash flow tuff, lies 
along ore. 

Alteration Potassic, silicification, oxidation 

(ore zone), argillic, kaolin, 
propylitic (country rock). 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open-pit. 

Year of discovery 1977 (HIMCO began exploration). 

Discovery method Geochemical anomaly. 

Initial production 1981. 

Last production .' Ongoing. 

Annual production rate . About 544,000 t ore planned, 

about 934 kg combined Au and Ag, 
about 870 kg (28,000 tr oz) Au. 



Distance to water supply ... 5 km (wells to plan site tanks). 

Road requirement 0.5 km new plant access. 

Distance to power supply ... 11 km. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Agglomeration, cyanide heap leach- 
ing, Merrill-Crowe zinc precipi- 
tation. 

Process rate Crusher, 2,270 t/d. 

Process type 34-kg dore buttons. 

Destination By air to Reno, NV, then shipped to 

Handy & Harmon, Attleboro, MA. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



L.Identified 2,500,000 to 

3,000,000 tons. 



73, 196, 209, 228, 287, 356, 378, 380, 383, 485, 
488, 512, 598, 651, 688, 696, 766. 



Grade Year Reference 

0.08 tr oz/ton Au; 0.62 tr oz/ton Ag 1981 383 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Walker Lake, 1:250,000. 

Aiu-ora 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320210463. 

Mid number 2601655. 



•Jamies Ridge is another discrete ore body discovered in 1982, 6 km northeast of Borealis deposit. This 250-m by 100-m by 30-m-thick deposit was placed 
in production in April 1983 for about 7 months of mining to depletion. Production: first exploited in 1906 and again in the late 1950's; no records available. 



87 



BOULDER CITY-MANGANESE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Mn 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Clark. 

Mining district Las Vegas. 

Elevation 671 m. 

Topography Rolling. 

Domain Municipality. 

Owner City of Boulder City, NV (1980). 

Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Hydrothermal; sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding; lithology. 

Strike and dip of East-west: 4 ° S. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,158. 

Width 716. 

Thickness 18. 

Depth 7. 

Mineral names Wad. 

Current status Inactive-explored. 

Type of operation Possible surface. 

Year of discovery 1941. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production No production. 



General location About 39 km southeast of Las Vegas. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 23, T 23 S, R 64 E. 

Latitude 35°56'45" N. 

Longitude 114°47'23" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation Muddy Creek. 

Geologic age Miocene. 

Rock relationships Gypsiferous sandstone, encloses ore, 

lies over and under ore. 

Tuff, lies over and under ore. 

Gravel, lies over ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill location 



<10 km. 
None. 
<10km. 
No mill. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES' 



Class Quantity 

L.Indicated 1,000,000 tons . 

2.. Do 3.000,000 tons . 

3.. Do 6,000,000 tons . 

4.. Do 15,000,000 tons , 



Grade 



36, 41, 267, 354, 386, 407, 547, 721, 733, 844. 



Year Reference 



Average: 7.5% Mn; cutoff: 5% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 4.5% Mn; cutoff: 3% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 4.0% Mn; cutoff: 2% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 3.0% Mn; cutoff: 1% Mn 1949 407 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Kingman, 1:250,000. 

Boulder City, 7.5'. 
USBM sequence number 0320030322. 



'Tonnages are cumulative and rounded to nearest million. 



88 



BRAY-BEULAH— ANTIMONY 



Alternate names: Beulah, Genesee, Aberasturi 



Commodities: Sb, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lander. 

Mining district Big Creek. 

Elevation 2,804 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 22 km south of Austin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 27, T 17 N, R 43 E. 

Latitude 39°18'26" N. 

Longitude 117°07'52" W. 



Owner. 



Mary J. Bray (Beulah Claim), James O. Holmes (Genesee Claim) (1963). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fissure vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 30° W: 45° to 85° SW. 
mineralized zone. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Thickness 1. 

Mineral names Stibnite, pyrite, graphite. 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Year of discovery 1864. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1891. 

Past production >908 t Sb metal (376). 



Host formation Valmy. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationship Siliceous slate, encloses ore. 

Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Road requirement <50 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



376, 693. 



PUBLISHED RESERVESRESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Millett, 1:250,000. 

Austin, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320150192. 



Comments: The Bray-Beulah is reported to be the third largest antimony producer in Nevada. 



89 



BUCKHORN— GOLD 



Associated names: Barbi Lake Copper Mines, North Buckhom, 
South Buckhom, North Aspen, South Aspen 



Commodities: Au, Ag 
(Au-Ag ratio = 1:15) 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Buckhom. 

Elevation 2,100 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 90 km southwest of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sees. 30, 31, T 27 N, R 49 E. 

Latitude 40n0'53'' N. 

Longitude 116''29'33" W. 



Owner. 



Cominco American, Inc., Spokane, WA (76%), and Pembina International Corp., Calgary, AB, Canada, combined 
will manage the operation. Pembina, as a minority partner, will put up a share of the development money for an 
identical profit sharing percentage (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Breccia (fault); vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal; oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Irregular; pods. 

Ore controls Faulting; igneous; lithology (breccia). 

Age of mineralization . . . Pliocene (14.6 million yr). 
Pit average dimensions, 
m (estimated): 

North Buckhom South Buckhom 

Length 400 360 

Width 340 230 

Mineral names Native gold and silver, pyrite 

(argentiferous and auriferous), limonite, marcasite, adularia, 
kaolinite, montmorillonite. 



Host formation Undifferentiated basaltic andesite 

flows. 

Geologic age Pliocene 

Rock relationships Shale and siltstone, encloses ore. 

Basaltic andesitic flows, lies 

above ore. 
Gravels and conglomerates, lies 

beneath ore (Tertiary). 
Breccia, silicified, in places is 
ore. 

Alteration Argillic, kaolinization. 

Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producing. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit; about 1,191,000 t/a 

ore (1,034,000 t waste and 
subgrade) over 4 yr. 

Year of discovery 1908. 

Discovery method Surface prospecting. 

Initial production Early 1984 (for Cominco). 

Past production Operations through 1950 yielded 

about 1,200 kg Au and 10,000 kg 
Ag; mining and milling beginning 
in 1979 yielded about 470 kg/a Au 
a32). 

Annual production rate . Producing about 934 kg Au and 
8,400 kg Ag. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site, <1 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . Unavailable. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Development. 

Milling method Agglomeration, cyanide heap leach, 

Merrill-Crowe zinc precipitation, 

smelting. 
Process rate 680,000 t/a; crusher, 259 t/h 

(285 ton/h). 
Product type Probably dore. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

L.Not reported in reference £,000,000 tons . 



132, 135, 452, 593, 594, 675, 769, 779, 780, 781, 782, 
784, 787, 833. 



Grade Year Reference 

0.044 tr oz/ton Au; 0.583 tr oz/ton Ag 1983 769 

REFERENCES 

US(jS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Horse Creek Valley, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320110167. 

USGS MRDS number W016362. 

Mid number 2600785. 



Comments: Buckhom Mine consists of at least 2 ore bodies. Current plans are to operate 2 separate open pits, the North Buckhom and the South Buckhom. 
Ore occurs within 60 m of surface. Ore is within oxide and sulfide zones. Company projected mine life from 1984 is 4 yr; mill, 7 yr. 



90 

BUCKINGHAM— MOLYBDENUM 

Alternate names: AMAX Molybdenum Deposit, Rocky Mountain Energy Moly Deposit Commodities: Mo, Ag, Cu, 

W 

LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

County Lander. General location About 11 km southwest of Battle 

Mining district Battle Mountain. Mountain. 

Elevation 1,798 m. Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Topography Rugged. Tract Sec. 30, T 32 N, R 44 E. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered Latitude 40°36'56" N. 

Longitude 117''03'42" W 

Owner AMAX, Inc., Denver, CO (33%); Rocky Mountain Energy Co., Broomfield, CO (Union Pacific Corp.) (1984). 

Operator AMAX, Inc. (1984). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Stockwork; disseminated. Host formation Widely varying lithologies. 

Origin Hydrothermal; contact metasomatic. Geologic age Cambrian; Tertiary. 

Shape of ore body Massive; irregular. Size Large. 

Ore controls Igneous; fracturing. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 2,000. 

Width 1,200. 

Thickness 640. 

Mineral names Pyrite, molybdenite, pyrrhotite, 

chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, arsenopyrite, bismuthinite, 
freibergite, tetrahedrite, quartz, scheelite. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Active-explored prospect. Distance to water supply . . . Undetermined. 

Type of operation Prospect. Road requirement Undetermined. 

Distance to power supply . . . Undetermined. 

Year of discovery Undetermined. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Orade Year Reference 

l..Not reported in reference 907,000,000 tons 0.06% Mo 1982 701 

REFERENCES 

66, 381, 688, 690, 691, 592, 606, 606, 610, 693, USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:260,000. 

701, 706, 712, 717, 742, 794, 803, 813, 837. Antler Peak, 16'. 

USBM sequence number 0320150108. 

Comments: Ore largely in fractures in homfels and queulzites of the Harmony Formation (Cambrian). 



91 



BUENA VISTA— IRON 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Fe 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Churchill. 

Mining district Mineral Basin. 

Elevation 1,341 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 36 km southwest of Lovelock. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 4, T 24 N, R 34 E. 

Latitude 39°58'25" N. 

Longitude 118°09'55" W. 



Owner-operator Southern Pacific Co., San Francisco, CA; U.S. Steel Corp., Salt Lake City, UT (1975). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement, breccia fill, disseminated. 

Origin Contact metasomatic. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, irregular, pipelike. 

Ore controls Igneous, faulting. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 3,353. 

Width 914. 

Thickness 137. 

Mineral names Magnetite, hematite, scapolite, 

chlorite, calcite, quartz, apatite, sphene, hornblende. 



Host formation Leach. 

Geologic age Pennsylvanian. 

Rock relationships Lamprophyre, lies along ore, near ore. 

Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1962. 

Last production 1960. 



Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

l..Mea8ured> 18,000,000 long tons . 

2..Indicated' 3,000,000 long tons . 

3..Measured* 5,000,000 long tons . 

4..Indicated* 900,000 long tons . 

5..Inferred' 5,700,000 long tons . 

6..Measured' 5,500,000 long tons . 

7..Indicated' 2,400,000 long tons . 

8..Inferred' 4,700,000 long tons . 



10, 75, 160, 282, 324, 332, 367, 454, 616, 636, 668, 
679, 683, 733, 761, 802, 841. 



Grade Year Reference 

32.7% Fe. 1971 454 

33.3% Fe 1971 454 

26.2% Fe 1971 454 

22.1% Fe 1971 454 

22.1% Fe 1971 454 

25.5% Fe 1971 454 

25.5% Fe 1971 454 

25.5% Fe 1971 454 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Reno, 1:250,000. 

Dixie Hot Springs, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320010043. 



'West ore body. 

'South Central ore body. 

•East ore body. 



92 



BUILLION MONARCH— GOLD 



Alternate names: Polar Resources Pit 



Commodities: Au, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Lynn. 

Elevation 1,770 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 



Genertd location About 30 km northwest of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 10, T 35 N, R 50 E. 

Latitude 40°55'03' N. 

Longitude 116°20'37" W. 



Owner-operator Universal Gas (Montana), Inc., Elko, NV (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Vein (fault zone); disseminated. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Podlike (along fault zone). 

Ore controls Faulting; fracturing. 



Strike and dip of 
minertdized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 
Length 



N 50° W: steeply northeast. 



Miocene. 



270. 



Width Unknown. 

Pit depth 6 (estimated 1982). 

Minered names Queutz, iron oxides, clays. 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Conventional open pit. 

Past production More than 90,000 t ore produced 

by 1981 (728). 



Host rocks Roberts Mountains and Volcanics. 

Geologic age Devonian (Roberts Mountaiiu), 

Tertiary (Volcanics). 

Rock relationships Fault gouge, contains ore, is ore. 

Limestone, lies imder ore (footwall). 
Volcanics, lies above ore (hanging 

wall). 
Jasperoid, near ore. 

Alteration Silicification (gold zone), 

argillic (carbonate wall rock). 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site, developed. 

Road requirement Developed to site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Carbon-in-pulp cyanide. 

Process rate 180 t/d (peak load 360 t/d). 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

No published reserve-resource information; however, published grade is 0.2 tr oz/ton Au (see comments) (.690). 

REFERENCES 
182, 183, 593, 690, 728. 



USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Rodeo Creek NE, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320110214. 

Mid number 2601343. 



Comments: Average grade ranges from 7.5 to 56.6 g/t Au; highest grade reaching 240 to 270 g/t Au. 



93 



C-M ALUNITE— ALUMINUM 



Alternate names: Clover Mountains 



Commodities: Al, KiSO,, S 



County Lincoln. 

Mining district Unorganized. 

Elevation 1,610 m. 

Topography Rolling. 

Domain BLM administered. 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Earth Sciences, Inc., Golden, CO (1984). 



About 43 km southeast of Caliente. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 10, T 7 S, R 70 E (unsurveyed). 

37°21'19" N. 

114°10'05" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Undetermined. 

Ore controls Igneous, lithology. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 3,000. 

Width 3,000. 

Thickness 16. 

Depth 6. 

Mineral names Alunite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 

Size 



Volcanics. 

Tertiary. 

Agglomerate, replaced by ore. 

Tuff, replaced by ore. 

Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-raw prospect. 

Type of operation Possible surface. 

Year of discovery 1971. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production No production. 



Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Road requirement <10 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <60 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



239, 649, 724, 763. 



USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence number 



Caliente, 1:260,000. 
Jack Mountain, 7,6'. 
0320170001. 



94 

CALICO HILLS— IRON 

Alternate names: Calico Deposit Commodities: Fe, Cu 

LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

County Mineral. General location About 51 km south of Fallon. 

Mining district Unincorporated. Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Elevation 1,390 m. Tract Sec. 5, T 13 N, R 29 E. 

Topography Gentle. Latitude 39°01'03" N. 

Domain Indian reservation. Longitude 118°45'54" W. 

Owner Undetermined. 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Replacement, fissure vein. Host formation Possibly Luning. 

Origin Contact metasomatism. Geologic age Upper Triassic. 

Shape of ore body Unknown (possibly lenticular). Rock names Sandstone. 

Ore controls Contact zone, lithology, faulting. Shale. 

Mineralized zone aver- Unknown. Limestone. 

age dimensions, m. Skarn (tactite). 

Mineral names Magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, Size Large. 

chalcopyrite, grossularite, actinolite, epidote, galena, sphalerite, 

molybdenite, tremolite. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Cvurent status Unknown. Distance to water supply . . . <50 km. 

Type of operation FVospect. Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Year of discovery 1963. 

Discovery method Geophysical anomaly. 

Initial production None. 

PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

No published reserve-resource information. Moore reports (454) that the Calico Hills deposit contains a very Iftrge quantity of material averaging 
20% Fe and 0.07% Cu, and that high-grade portions have an average grade of 44% Fe. 

REFERENCES 

454, 598, 740. USGS quad maps Reno, 1:250,000. 

Weber Reservoir, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320210388. 



95 



CANDELARIA— SILVER 



Alternate names: Candelaria Partners Mine and Plant 
Pit names: Lucky Hill, Mt. Diablo, Northern Belle 



Commodities: Ag, Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Mineral. 

Mining district Candelaria. 

Elevation 1,731 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. 



General location About 80 km south of Hawthorne. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 3. T 3 N, R 35 E. 

Latitude 38°09'32" N. 

Longitude IWOS'll" W. 



Owner-operator NERCO Metals, Inc., Fairbanks, AK (subsidiary of Pacific Power & Light Co., Portland, OR) (1984). 

Owner CoCa Mines, Inc., Denver, CO (owns 37% limited partnerships) (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



IVpe of ore body Disseminated, veins parallel to bedding. 

Otigin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Fracturing. 

Strike and dip of N 45° E: 40° to 60° N. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Early Cretaceous. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,230. 

Width 40. 

Thickness 130. 

Open pit depth 90 to 120. 

Mineral names Limonite, jarosite, gold, jamesonite, 

pyrite, chalcopyrite (minor), galena (minor), clays, dolomite. 



Host formation Candelaria. 

(jeologic age Triassic. 

Rock relationships Shale (tuffaceous), serpentinite, 

contains ore. 

Alteration Silicification, dolomization. 

Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface, heap leach. 

Mining method Open pit (2,400,000-t/a ore capac- 
ity; 32,600-t/d ore plus waste of 
which 9,300 t is recovered ore). 

Year of discovery 1863. 

Discovery method Surface outcrop. 

Initial production August 1980 by Occidental; 

August 1983 by NERCO. 
Last production June 1982 by Occidental; ongoing 

production by NERCO. 

Past production 8,389 kg Ag (1980) (165). 

52,100 kg Ag, >286 kg Au (1981) 

(165, 764). 
Annual production rate . About 53,000 kg Ag (1.7 million tr 

oz) and 280 kg Au (9,000 tr oz) 

produced between April and September. 



Distance to water supply ... 8 km to two 300-m wells. 

Road requirement About 10 km, county road improved. 

Distance to power supply ... 14 km, 69-kV power. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Agglomeration, cyanide heap leach, 

Merrill-Crowe zinc dust precipita- 
tion. 

Mill feed capacity 7,300-t/d heap leach facility. 

Product type Dore bullion (34-kg buttons). 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



l..Proven 12 to 13,000,000 tons 

2..Not reported in reference 18,500,000 tons 



48, 82, 83, 90, 92, 133, 158, 165, 197, 208, 300, 
305, 378, 412, 423, 427, 436, 440, 491, 498, 540, 
,598. 599, 649, 655, 688, 691, 763, 764, 776, 777. 



3.15 tr oz/ton Ag and 0.002 tr oz/ton Au 1980 158 

1.09 tr oz/ton Ag (with gold byproduct) 1982 423 

REFERENCES 

USCtS quad maps Walker Lake, 1:260,000. 

Candelaria, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320210476. 

Mid number 2601511. 



Comments: The Candelaria Mine is the largest open pit silver mine in the United States. NERCO plans 5,000-ton/d mine rate (1.6 million tr oz) Ag 
production. A deeper ore body of massive sulfide nature has been tentatively recognized. 



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Ore body names: Carlin-West, Main, East 



CARLIN— GOLD 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



Commodities: Au, Ag, Hg 
(byproduct mercury) 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Lynn. 

Elevation 1,877 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. 



General location About 32 km north of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 14, T 35 N, R 50 E. 

Latitude 40°54'41" N. 

Longitude 116°19'13" W. 



Owner-operator Carlin Gold Mining Co., Carlin, NV (subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corp., New York, NY) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, replacement stratiform. 

Origin Hydrothermal, oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, irregular. 

Ore controls Fractures (near attitude of host rocks), 

breccia zones, faults, lithology. 
Northeast: 60° W. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Mid-Tertiary. 



Strike and dip of 

mineralized zone. 
Age of mineralization . 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions (esti- 
mated exposure at 
mine), m: 

Length 2,000. 

Width 800. 

Thickness 100. 

Mineral names Gold, pyrite, barite, iron oxides, arseno- 

pyrite, realgar, stibnite, cinnabar, galena, calcite, kaolinite, quartz, 
sericite, ellisite, weissbergite, avicennite, lorandite. 



Alteration 
Size 



Upper Roberts Mountains. 

Upper SiluriEin and Lower Devonian. 

Dolomitic siltstone, replaced by ore, 

ore in fractures, gangue. 
Silty dolomite, replaced by ore, ore in 

fractures, gangue. 
Silty to sandy carbonaceous 

dolomitic limestone, in 

vicinity of ore (unmineralized, 

unaltered host formation). 
Feldspar porphyry dikes, in mine area, 

sometimes contains gold. 
Argillization, silicification, 

pyritization, decarbonatization. 
Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit— 6-m benches, 26,000 t/d ore and 

waste mined. 

Year of discovery 1962. 

Discovery method Creological inference, surface mapping, 

geochemical sampling, drilling. 

Initial production 1965. 

Last production Ongoing 1983. 

Past production (in- 94,700 kg (3,044,000 tr oz) Au (1965-79) 

eludes production (.61). 

from Carlin, Bootstrap, 17,311 kg (556,559 tr oz) Au; includes 

Blue Star, and 2,442 kg (78,523 tr oz) Au from heap leach 

Maggie Creek pits). (1980-83) {BID. 

Annual production rate . 3,700 kg Au (Carlin mill only) {BID. 



Distance to water supply ... 4 km by pipeline from wells. 

Road requirement 32 km paved access road built. 

Distance to power supply ... 75 km from Battle Mountain area. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Agitated cyanide leach, CCD; oxidation- 

chlorination pretreatment circuit for 
carbonaceous ores; Merrill-Crowe zinc 
precipitation. 

Process rate 2,000 t/d oxide ore, 460 t/d carbonaceous 

ore (Newmont's 1983 annual report- 
mill capacity of 2,496 t/d). 

Product type Dore buttons (about 34-kg), about 95% 

Au; byproduct mercury. 

Destination Various refiners (Englehard, Handy & 

Harmon, et al). 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

l..Not reported in reference 11,000,000 tons , 



Orade 



Year 
1964 



2.. Do' 4,700,000 tons . , 

3,.Proven and probable 4,497,000 tons . , 



0.32 tr oz/ton Au (original reserves, Carlin pit 
only, stripping ratio = 3:1). 

0.164 tr oz/ton Au 1982 

0.160 tr oz/ton Au (includes Blue Star) 1983 



Reference 

319, 398 

2 
511 



REFERENCES 



2, 6, 27, 59, 61, 83, 90, 114, 115, 132, 182, 183, 230, 233, 234, 
240, 245, 247, 248, 297, 319, 378, 398, 409, 410, 411, 435, 606, 
511, 516, 562, 569, 571, 672, 573, 589, 593, 616, 692, 773. 



USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Rodeo Creek NE, 7.6', 

USBM sequence number 0320110027. 

Mid number 2600062. 



Comments: Silver and mercury production is minor. Some published sources state most favorable host lithology as silty dolomitic limestone. 



'Resource is referred to as reserves. 



97 



CARSON RIVER— MERCURY 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Hg, possible 
Au, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Carson City. 

Mining district Delaware. 

Elevation 1,375 m. 

Topography River bed; in hilly to rugged terrain. 

Domcun BLM administered. 



General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Host 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Claimants Rocky Comers, Craig Marwell, Korey Famworth, Carson City, NV (1982). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Placer. 

Origin Mill tailing. 

Shape of ore body Disseminated; stratiform. 

Ore controls River channel. 

Age of deposit Recent (1862— see Published Reserves- 
Resources section). 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions (esti- 
mated), m: 

Length <900. 

Width <15. 

Thickness Thin. 

Mineral names Mercury. 



Size. 



About 13 km east of Carson City. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 7, T 15 N, R 21 E. 

39°10'52" N. 

119°39'56" W. 



Carson River bottom. 

Quaternary. 

Stream gravel, contains mercury. 

Various bedrock, contains mercury. 

Unknown, possibly medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-limited exploration. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Placer. 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill location 



On-site. 
On-site. 
3 km. 
No mill. 



No published reserve-resource information.* 



3, 29, 96, 189, 453, 509, 585, 586, 736. 



Comments: Mercury is present in deep holes, bedrock, and gravel beds. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Reno, 1:250,000. 

New Empire, 7.5'. 
USBM sequence number 0325100062. 



'It has been reported that perhaps up to 14 to 15 million lb of mercury foimd its way into the river when mercury vras used to recover precious 
metals from the Comstock (1982) (3). 



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CASELTON— LEAD-ZINC 



Alternate names: Combined Metals Reduction, Raymond and Ely 



Commodities: Zn, Pb, Ag, 
Au, Mn 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lincoln. 

Mining district Pioche. 

Elevation 1,890 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed. 



General location About 1 km south of Pioche. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 29, T 1 N, R 67 E. 

Latitude 37°55'06" N. 

Longitude 114°29'01" W. 



Owner Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, OK (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement, fissure vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding, faulting. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 2,440. 

Width 400. 

Thickness 10. 

Depth 300. 

Mineral names Sphalerite, galena, manganosiderite. 



Host formation Lyndon. 

Geologic age Middle Cambrian. 

Rock relationships Limestone, replaced by ore, encloses ore. 

Host formation Combined Metal Member of 

Pioche Shale. 

Geologic age Lower Cambrian. 

Rock relationships Limestone, replaced by ore, 

encloses ore. 
Shale, lies over ore, lies under ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Room and pillar. 

Year of discovery 1864. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1864. 

Last production 1958. 

Past production 2.96 million t sulfide ore averaging 

171.4 g/t Ag, 4.5% Pb, and 12% Zn 

(724). 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site.* 

Mill status Inactive, standby. 

Milling method Flotation. 

Process rate 1,400 t/d. 

Product type Zinc concentrate, lead concentrate. 



No published reserve-resource information.' 



216, 274, 322, 720, 721, 724, 791. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Caliente, 1:250,000. 

Pioche, 7.6'. 

USBM sequence number 0320170099. 

USGS MRDS number M032004. 



'Caselton mill is owned by Combined Metals Reduction Corp. 

'Sulfide ore has been largely exhausted; large quantities of oxidized ore remain. 



99 



CROWELL— FLUORINE 



Alternate names: Daisy Mine, Fluorspar Mine, Beatty Fluorspar, Betsy Mine 



Commodities: CaF, 



County Nye. 

Mining district Fluorine. 

Elevation 1,366 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner-operator Crowell Fluorspar Co., Beatty, NV (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement, breccia fill, fissure vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular, pipelike, lenticular. 

Ore controls Faulting, lithology 

Strike and dip of N45°E:88''E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 274. 

Width 8. 

Thickness 152. 

Depth 25. 

Mineral names Fluorite, cinnabar, calcite, quartz, 

orthoclase, montmorillonite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Size . 



About 102 km southeast of Croldfield. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 23, T 12 S, R 47 E. 

36° 52 '52" N. 

116''41'40" W. 



NoptJi. 

Upper Cambrian. 

Dolomite, replaced by ore. 

Limestone, lies along ore, replaced 

by ore. 
Shale, lies along ore. 
Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Open stope. 

Year of discovery 1918. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1919. 

Past production 185,527 t (1919-76). 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 



<10 km. 

None. 
On-site. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



4, 31, 97, 98, 99, 207, 213, 217, 266, 275, 281, 283, 368, 373, 
381, 401, 545, 557, 714, 733, 811, 812, 815, 816. 



USGS quad maps Death Valley, 1:250,000. 

Bare Mountain, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320230001. 

USGS MRDS number W006927. 

Mid number 2600091. 



100 



DAYTON— IRON 



Alternate names: Rosetta Mine 



Commodities: Fe 



County Lyon. 

Mining district Red Mountain. 

Elevation 1,370 m. 

Topography Rolling. 

Domain Private. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Utah International, San Francisco, CA (1966). 

GEOLOGY 



TVpe of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Contact metasomatic, oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Massive. 

Ore controls Lithology, igneous. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 400. 

Width 150. 

Thickness 150. 

Depth 5. 

Mineral names Hematite, limonite, magnetite, pyrite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size. 



About 36 km southeast of Reno. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 6, T 17 N. R 23 E. 

39°21'56" N. 

119°26'57" W. 



Metamorphosed sediments. 
Triassic. 

Marble, replaced by ore. 
Skam (tactite), replaced by ore. 
Homfels, replaced by ore. 
Gneiss, encloses ore, gangue. 
Schist, encloses ore, gangue. 
Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 



Current status Inactive-explored prospect. 

Type of operation Prospect. 

Mining method Proposed open pit. 

Year of discovery 1910. 

Discovery method Test shaft, bedrock sampling. 

Initial production Unknown. 

Last production None. 

Past production A small quantity mined during World 

War n for ship ballast (454). 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade 

l..Not reported in reference 45,000,000 long tons . 42% Fe 

REFERENCES 

110. 113, 214, 453, 454, 536, 569, 580, 583, 600, 696. USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence ntunber 



<10 km. 
None. 
<10 km. 



Year Reference 
1971 464 



Reno, 1:260,000. 
Churchill Butte, 15'. 
0320190060. 



101 



DEE— GOLD 



Alternate names: Boulder Creek deposit 



Commodities: Au 
Ag (not recovered) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Bootstrap. 

Elevation 1,645 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 46 km northwest of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 34, T 37 N, R 49 E. 

Sec. 3, T 36 N, R 49 E. 

Latitude 41°01'26" N. 

Longitude 116°25'18" W. 



Owner Cordex V Syndicate (1984). 

Operator Dee Gold Mining Co. (Cordex V operational entity) (Dee Gold comprises Rayrock Mines, Inc., Lacana Mining Corp., 

Dome Exploration Ltd., all of Toronto, ON, Canada; each with 29.3%; J. S. Livermore, 12%. Rayrock will manage the 

operation for the partnership company). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Elongate. 

Ore controls Faults (steep normal). 

Strike and dip of East-west: unavailable. 

mineralized zone. 
Planned pit average 
dimensions (approxi- 
mate), m: 

Length 800. 

Width 800 (at widest point, narrow at 

each end). 

Pit area 23 ha (57 acres). 

Mineral names Free gold (oxidized ore zone). 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Pit; about 800 t/d ore will be 

mined; stripping ratio = 7:1. 

Year of discovery Mid-1970's by Phillip Davis, 

local prospector. 
Discovery method Surface outcropping, geochemical, 

drilling. 

Initial production September-October 1984. 

Annual production rate . About 1,200 kg (38,000 tr oz) Au anticipated 

for first 2 yr, then 1,000 kg/yr (33,000 tr 

oz) gold thereafter. 



Host formation Vinini (upper plate of Roberts 

Mountains Thrust Fault). 
Rock relationships Silicic shale and chert, is ore, 

gangue. 
Jasperoid, near ore, contains some 

Au. 
Alteration Silicification, pyritization, 

argillic. 
Size Small. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site wells. 

Road requirement About 3 km haul access. 

Distance to power supply . . . About 9 km to Rossi area. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Under construction. 

Milling methods Agitated cyanide leach, c£irbon-in- 

pulp, electrolysis. 
Heap leach. 

Process rate 820 t/d. 

Product type Dore bullion. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 
l..Not reported in reference 
2..Probable 



Quantity 

1,110,000 tons . 
2,670,000 tons . 
2,670,000 tons . 
1,100,000 tons . 



14, 27, 28, 59, 61, 72, 90, 226, 278, 493, 529, 530, 555, 659, 
669, 754. 



Grade 



Year Reference 



0.028 tr oz/ton Au (leach grade) 1983 493 

0.115 tr oz/ton Au (milling grade) 1983 493 

0.115 tr oz/ton Au 1984 659 

Heap leach, low grade 1984 659 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:250„000. 

Santa Renia Fields, 7.5'. 
USBM sequence number 0320070126. 



Comments: Property adjoins Carlin's Bootstrap Mine and was acquired by Cordex in 1981. Minimum mine life is 8 yr. During 1981 and 1982, about 240 
exploratory drill holes were completed in proposed pit area. In late summer and early fall of 1982, 2 pilot-scale heap leach tests were conducted. 
Silver (high grade) reported tied to silica beneath gold zone. Company reported mine life is 8 yr from 1984. 



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DODGE-FORD<-IRON 



Alternate names: Ford Mine, Iron Horse, Iron Colt 



Commodities: Fe 



County Pershing. 

Mining district Mineral Basin. 

Elevation 1,262 m. 

Topography Gentle. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM 

administered. 

Owner C. W. Hunley, et al (1971). 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



About 25 km southeast of Lovelock. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 6, T 25 N, R 34 E. 

40''04'10" N. 

118''12'00" W. 



GEOLOGY 



l^PB of ore body Replacement, breccia fill, disseminated. 

OMgin Contact metasomatic, hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Lenticular, tabular. 

Orecontrolr Faulting, igneous. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 450. 

Width 300. 

Thickness 10. 

Depth 3. 

Mineral names Magnetite, scapolite, apatite, chlorite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 

Size 



Metavolcanics. 
Upper Jurassic. 
Andesite, gangue. 
Diorite, gangue. 
Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

TVpe of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1952. 

Discovery method Ore mineral not in place. 

Initial production 1954. 

Last production 1961. 

Past production 800,000 t prior to 1971 (454). 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 



<10km. 

None. 

<50km. 



No published reserve-resoiu-ce information. 



329, 454. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Lovelock, 1:250,000. 

Buffalo Mountain, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320270390. 

USGS MRDS number M060449. 



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DRY CANYON— ANTIMONY 



Alternate names: Antimony No. 4, Beulah, Bray 



Commodities'. Sb, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lander. 

Mining district Big Creek. 

Elevation 2,505 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain National forest. 

Owner Mary J. Bray (1958). 



General location About 13 km southwest of Austin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 35, T 18 N, R 43 E. 

Latitude 39°22'51" N. 

Longitude 117°06'41" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fissure vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Fracturing. 

Strike and dip of N 35° W: 55° SW. 
mineralized zone. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Thickness 0.3. 

Mineral names Stibnite, pyrite, tetrahedrite, sphalerite. 



Host formation Valmy. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Limestone, encloses ore. 

Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Year of discovery Unknown. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production Undetermined. 

Last production 1916-18. 

Past production 272 t of 55% Sb (376). 



Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Road requirement <50 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



376, 693. 



USGS quad maps Millett, 1:250,000. 

Austin, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320150136. 



Comments: Some production apparently combined with or reported as output from Antimony King (Last Chance) Mine. 



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EAST NORTHUMBERLAND—BARITE 



Alternate names: Bluestone, IMCO Pit, All Minerals, Liesa, 
Merry Christmas, Blackstar 



Commodites: BaS04 



LOCATIONOWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Northumberland. 

Elevation 2,380 m. 

Tiqiiography Rugged. 

Domain National forest. 

Owner-operator All Minerals Corp., Murray, UT (1983). 



General location About 67 km southeast of Austin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 5, T 12 N, R 46 E. 

Latitude 38°53'37" N. 

Longitude 116°49'30" W. 



GEOLOGY 



IVpo of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Sedimentation, metamorphic. 

Shape of ore body Lenticular, irregular. 

Ore controls Bedding, faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 70° E: 10° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,600. 

Width 100. 

Thickness 16. 

Depth 16. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Current status Active-producer. 

IVpc of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1967. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1976. 

Last production 1983. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Host formation Pinecone. 

Geologic age Devonian. 

Rock relationships Chert, lies over ore. 

Shale, lies over ore. 

Mudstone, lies under ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Road requirement <10 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site generation. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Jigging. 

Process rate 514 t/d. 

Product type Crude bfirite. 

Destination California, Oklahoma, Texas. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



87, 338, 367, 368, 646, 601, 623, 624. 



USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:250,000. 

Northumberland Pass, 7.5', 

USBM sequence number 0320230183. 

Mid number 2600847. 



Comments: The deposit occurs as 3 separate ore bodies: Liesa Group, All Minerals Group, and Merry Christmas Group. 



105 



EASY MINER— BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaSO, 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Elk. 

Mining district Snake Mountain. 

Elevation 1,900 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Public and private. 



General location About 29 km northeast of Wells. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sees. 11, 12, T 40 N, R 63 E. 

Latitude 41°21'45" N. 

Longitude 114°48'04" W. 



Owner-operator A. W. Arnold and Associates, Houston, TX (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Syngenetic-diagenetic. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of North-south: 30° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 120. 

Width 90. 

Thickness 30. 

Depth to 6. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1970's. 

Discovery method Geological. 

Initial production 1980. 

Last production 1982. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Host formation Valmy. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Chert, overlies ore. 

Argillite, underlies ore. 

Chert, underlies ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site (diesel generator). 

Mill location Mine site. 

Mill status Idle. 

Milling method Gravity separation. 

Process rate 1,200 t/d. 

Product type 3.95 sp gr beu-ite-rich rock. 

Distance shipped Truck— 35 km, then rail either 

2,000 km or 3,000 km, depending 

on market. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



226, 646, 612, 669, 716. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Wells, 1:250,000. 

Melandco, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070887. 

Mid number 2601667. 



106 



EMERSON— TUNGSTEN 



Alternate names: Tempiute, Tem Piute, Lincoln, Wah Chang Tungsten Mine 
North Tempiute, South Thumb 



Commodities: W, Mo, Zn, 
CaF„U 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lincoln. 

Mining district Tem Piute. 

Elevation 2,013 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. 



Greneral location About 99 km west of Caliente. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 36, T 3 S, R 56 E. 

Latitude 37''38'28" N. 

Longitude 115°37'49" W. 



Owner Teledyne, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, 75%; North Tempiute Mining and Development, Hiko, NV, 25% (1981). 

Operator Union Carbide Corp., Mining and Metals Div., Alamo, NV (1984). 



GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Replacement, disseminated, shear zone. Host formation . . . 

Origin Contact metasomatic, hydrothermal. Geologic age 

Shape of ore body Irregular. Rock relationships . 

Ore controls Contact zone, lithology. 

Strike and dip of N 40° E: 60° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 2,000. Size 

Width 500. 

Thickness 15. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Scapolite, tremolite, muscovite, magnetite, 

bismuth, scheelite, sphalerite, fluorite, molybdenite, garnet, pyrite, 
pyrrhotite. 



Guilmette. 

Mississippian. 

Limestone, replaced by ore, lies along 

ore. 
Homfels, near ore. 
Quartzite, neau- ore. 
Msffble, lies along ore. 
Skam (tactite), is ore, gangue. 
Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-standby. 

Type of operation Surface-underground. 

Mining method Shrinkage stoping, open pit. 

Year of discovery 1916. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1937. 

Last production 1981. 

Past production Several million kilograms of tungsten metal 

recovered. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Inactive. 

Milling method Scheelite flotation. 

Product type WO, concentrate. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



No published reserve-resource information. 



52, 69, 137, 231, 271, 343, 553, 724, 738, 800, 843, 848. 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Caliente, 1:250,000. 

Tempiute Mountain, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320170012. 

USGS MRDS number M030087. 

Mid number 2600340. 



107 



ENFIELD BELL— GOLD 



Alternate names: Bell, Jerritt Canyon, Freeport Gold 

Ore body ncunes: Marlboro Canyon, Alchem, North Generator Hill, 
Lower Generator Hill, West Generator Hill 



Commodities: Au 



LOCATION-OWNEBSfflP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Jerritt Canyon. 

Elevation 1,925 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain National forest (mine); BLM administered 

(mill); private. 



(Jeneral location About 80 km northwest of Elko. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sees. 33, 34, 35, T 41 N, R 54 E; 

Sec. 3, T 40 N, R 54 E. 

Latitude 41°23'44" N. 

Longitude 115°59'39" W. 



Owner Freeport Gold Co., New York, NY (70%) (subsidiary of Freeport-McMoran, Inc., New York, NY); FMC Gold, Inc., 

Chicago, IL (30%) (1985). 
Operator Freeport Gold Co. (1985). 

GEOLOGY 



IVpe of ore body Disseminated, stratiform, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal, oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, elongate. 

Ore controls Faults, fractures, lithology. 



Host formations . 



Strike and dip of 
mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . 

Ore body dimensions 
(approximate), m: 

Length 

Width 

Thickness 



Unknown. 
Mid-Tertiary. 



Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



MiU'lboro Otherfour ore bodies 
1,220. 230 to 760. 

120. 60 to 120. 

110. Unknown. 



Mineral names Gold (free), gold (tied to organics), 

pyrite, realgar, oripiment, arsenopyrite, cinnabar, stibnite, barite, 
calcite, quartz. 



Alteration 



Size .... 
DEVELOPMENT 



Hansen Creek (primary); 
Roberts Mountains (basal 60 m). 
Upper Ordovician. 
Lower Silurian. 
Hansen Creek: 

Chert carbonate, jsisperoid, lies 
under ore, lies over ore. 

Dolomite, above ore. 

Carbonaceous beinded limestone, is ore, 
lies along ore, gangue. 

Bioclastic limestone, under ore. 
Roberts Mountains: 

Dolomite, lies above ore. 

Calcareous siltstone, encloses ore, 
is ore, gangue. 
Silicification (over ore zone), 

oxidation and argillic 

{iround jasperoid (minor), 

and carbonization. 
Medium. 



Current status Producer-active. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit, multiple bench, about 

4,400 t/d ore, 23,000 t/d waste; 

stripping ratio = 7.9:1. 

Year of discovery 1971 (anomedy), 1973 (Alchem ore body); 

1976 (Marlboro Canyon). 
Discovery method Geochemical, geologic inference, drilling. 

Initial production July 1981. 

Past production 426 kg Au (13,700 tr oz) in sales, (1981) 

(316). 
>6,100 kg (196,000 tr oz) Au (1982) (435). 
8,150 kg (262,000 tr oz) Au forecast (1984) 
(418). 
Annual production rate . 6,000 kg (200,000 tr oz; dore annual 
rated capacity (435). 



Distance to water supply ... 3 km to deep wells. 

Road requirement 10 km paved plant access. 

Distance to power supply ... 26 km, 120 kV. 

Mill location 13 km east of mine (truck). 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Agitated cyanide leach (pretreatment of 

carbonaceous ore by preoxidation 
chlorination); carbon-in-pulp; zinc 
precipitation; electrolysis. 

Process rate 3,040 t/d (3,350 ton/d); original capacity 

was 2,490 t/d (50% of capacity oxide 
circuit, 50% carbonaceous circuit). 

Product type Dore bullion bars (about 34 kg each). 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



1 . .Proven and probable 11,614,000 tons 0.233 tr oz/ton Au 1983 551 

2.. Do 13,700,000 tons 0.205 tr oz/ton Au 1984 313 

REFERENCES 

63, 61, 86, 90, 116, 173, 190, 224, 226, 263, 264, 278, 297, 299, 302, USGS quad maps Wells, 1:260,000. 

306, 313, 316, 336, 344, 346, 348, 376, 378, 416, 418, 423, 430, 436, California Mountain, 7.6'. 

479, 661, 599, 612, 616, 669, 688, 692, 730, 773, 839. USBM sequence number 0320070879. 

Mid number 2601620. 

Comments: Mineral zone is in lower plate of Roberts Mountains Thnist Fault. Ore is carbonaceous (50%) and oxide (50%) requiring segregation during 
milling. Area of 6 ore bodies measures about 1,200 m by 3,300 m, and about 100 m thick. 



108 



FANNIE RYAN— MANGANESE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Mn 



LOCATION-OWNERSmP 



GEOLOGY 



County Clark. 

Mining district Las Vegas. 

Elevation 610 m. 

Topography Rolling. 

Domain BLM administered. 

Owner United States (managed by BLM) (1980). 

Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Hydrothermal, sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Lithology, faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 55° E: 30° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 300. 

Width 176. 

Thickness 3.7. 

Depth 25. 

Mineral names Wad. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-explored. 

Type of operation Possible surface. 

Year of discovery 1941. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production No production. 



(General location About 24 km southeast of Las Vegas. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 36, T 21 S, R 63 E. 

Latitude 36°05'06" N. 

Longitude 114°53'27' W. 



Host formation Muddy Oeek.* 

Geologic age Pliocene. 

Rock relationships Gypsiferous sfindstone, encloses ore, 

lies over ore. 
Gravel, lies over ore. 
Size Small. 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Road requirement <10 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <10 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES* 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



1 . . Measured 9(K) tons 

2.. Do 1,720 tons 

3.. Do 2,380 tons 

4.. Do 3,%0tons 

5 . . Do 25,800 tons 



354, 386, 407, 547, 721. 



Average: 17.2% Mn; cutoff: 15% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 15.7% Mn; cutoff: 12% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 14.3% Mn; cutoff: 10% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 12.6% Mn; cutoff: 8% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 7.6% Mn; cutoff: 5% Mn 1949 407 

REFERENCES 

USCtS quad maps Las Vegas, 1:250,000. 

Henderson, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320030008. 

USGS MRDS number M031084. 



'Manganiferous zone consists of 3 beds ranging 0.76 to 2.5 m thick. 
Tonnages are cumulative. 



109 



FENCEMAKER— ANTIMONY 



Alternate names: Fenstonmaker, Lucky Lode, S & W 



Commodities: Sb 



County Pershing. 

Mining district Table Mountain. 

Elevation 1,600 m. 

Topography Rolling. 

Domain BLM administered. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Silver Bell Mining and Developing, Inc., Lovelock, NV (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Shear zone, replacement, disseminated. 

OWgin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular, tabular. 

Ore controls Fracturing, faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 30° E: 30° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 25. 

Width 4. 

Thickness 13. 

Depth 7. 

Mineral names Stibnite, cinnabar, chalcopyrite, 

silver, gold, calcite, quartz. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Size . 



About 53 km east of Lovelock. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 31, T 26 N, R 37 E. 

40°04'19" N. 

117°51'26" W. 



Boyer Ranch. 

Middle Jurassic. 

Limestone, encloses ore, replaced by 

ore. 
Shale, lies over ore, lies under ore 
Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Past producer-standby. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Open stope. 

Year of discovery 1880. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1880. 

Last production 1982. 

Past production 1 t Sb metal (376). 



Distance to water supply , 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill locaton 



On-site. 
None. 
On-site. 
On-site. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



29, 68, 329, 376, 381, 464, 541, 671, 672. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Fencemaker, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320270414. 

USGS MRDS number M055423. 

Mid number 2601650. 



110 



FISH CREEK— BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaS04 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Swales Mountain. 

Elevation 1,950 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed. 



General location About 27 km north of Carlin. 

Meridiim Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 2, T 35 N, R 52 E. 

Latitude 40°57'10" N. 

Longitude 116°06'15" W. 



Owner Maggie Creek Ranch Co., Elko, NV; New Park Resources, Inc., Metairie, LA (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 50° to 60°E: 10° to 20° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 2,100. 

Width 300. 

Thickness 15. 

Depth 1. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Host formation Vinini. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Chert, encloses ore. 

Siltstone, replaced by ore. 

Sandstone, lies over ore. 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-explored (extensively drilled). 

Type of operation Possible surface. 

Year of discovery 1955. 

Discovery method Ore minertd in place. 



Distance to water supply . . . <30 km. 

Road requirement <10 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



Initial production No production. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



87, 185, 226, 283, 349, 546, 669. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Swales Mountain, 7.5'. 
USBM sequence number 0320070901. 



Ill 



GARNET-TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN— TUNGSTEN 



Alternate names: Knowles Bros. Tungsten Claims, Tennessee Mountain Mine, 
Tennessee Mountain, Garnet Tungsten, Garnet 



County Elko. 

Mining district Alder. 

Elevation 2,438 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain National forest. 



LOCATION-OWlSfERSfflP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Conamodities: W, Mo 



About 24 km east of Mountain City. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 17, T 45 N, R 56 E. 

41°47'41" N. 

115°40'25" W. 



Owner Knowles Bros., 50%; P. D. Montrose, 50% (1981). 

Operator PAB Oil and Mining (1981). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Contact metasomatic, metamorphism. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Contact zone, igneous. 

Strike and dip of N 50° W: 55° S. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 335. 

Width 53. 

Thickness 8. 

Depth 53. 

Mineral names Scheelite, powellite, molybdenite, pyrite, 

chalcopyrite, magnetite, garnet, uraninite, chlorite, epidote. 



Host formation . . 

(jeologic age 

Rock relationship 



Size, 



Tennessee Mountain. 

Ordovician. 

Limestone, encloses ore, replaced 

by ore. 
Shale, encloses ore, replaced by ore. 
Skarn (tactite), replaced by ore. 
Homfels, replaced by ore. 
Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Sublevel. 

Year of discovery 1949. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1970. 

Last production 1977. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 

PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade 

1 . . Not reported in reference 396,000 tons 0.42% WO, 

REFERENCES 
70, 91, 139, 154, 226, 278, 526, 527, 669, 733. USGS quad maps . . . . 



On-site. 
None. 
>100 km. 



Year Reference 
1977 526, 527 



USBM sequence number 
USGS MRDS number . . . 



Wells, 1:250,000. 
Rowland, 15'. 
0320070011. 
D001177. 



112 



GETCHELL— GOLD 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Au, Ag, W, 
As 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Humboldt. 

Mining district Potosi. 

Elevation 1,707 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM adminstered. 



General location About 70 km northeast of Winnemucca. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 33, T 39 N, R 42 E. 

Latitude 41°12'59" N. 

Longitude 117n5'23" W. 



Owner FRM Minerals, Inc., Denver, CO (subsidiary of First Mississippi Corp., Jackson, MS) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Sheetlike, irregular. 

Ore controls Faulting, fracturing, folding, lithology. 

Strike and dip of N 25° W: 45° to 90° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Age of mineralization . . . Cretaceous to Miocene (90 million yr). 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length >2,100. 

Width 1,000 (downdip). 

Thickness 12 (assay walls). 

Mineral names Native gold, quartz (Au), carbon 

(Au), pyrite (Au), arsenopyrite (Au), calcite, kaolinite, chlorite, 

realgar, orpiment, cinnabar, stibnite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, 

marcasite, magnetite, barite, fluorite, chabasite, getchellite, 

galkhaite, scheelite. 



Host formation Preble. 

Geologic age Cambrian. 

Rock relationships Gouge (quartz, carbon, clay), is 

ore, encloses ore, gangue. 
Argillite, sheared and replaced by 
gouge, ore in fractures, gangue. 
Arenaceous limestone, sheared aad 
replaced by gouge, ore in fi-ac- 
tures, gangue. 
Shale, lies over ore, lies imder ore. 
Granodiorite and dacite porphyry 
dikes, near ore. 

Alteration Silicification, decarbonatization, 

sericitic, argillic, chlorite. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-past producer, exploration. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit; tailings and dump 

recovery was being planned by 
Conoco (see comments). 

Year of discovery 1934. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1938. 

Last production 1967. 

Past production 12,069 kg (388,033 tr oz) Au (1938-50); 

no production in 1946-47 (44). 
1,916,910 t (2,113,030 tons), 9.29 g/t 

(0.271 tr oz/ton) Au (1962-67) (44). 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement Existing. 

Distance to power supply . . . Existing. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active (1983). 

Milling method Tailings test-cyanide leach tank, 

carbon columns. 

Process rate 91 t/d. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



1 . . Not reported in reference 3,200,000 tons . . . 

2.. Do 3,250,000 tons .. . 

Possible 10,000,000 tons . . . 

3 . . Proven 1,400,000 tons . . . 

4 . . Not reported in reference >750,000 tr oz' . . 



0.3 tr oz/ton Au; 0.1 tr oz/ton Ag 1982 690 

0.18 tr oz/ton Au 1982 61 

0.16 tr oz/ton Au 1982 61 

0.22 tr oz/t Au 1983 84 

Not applicable 1983 201 

REFERENCES 



43, 44, 45, 47, 61, 67, 79, 81, 84, 174, 201, 232, 242, 243, 269, 270, 285, 
292, 308, 334, 335, 336, 364, 425, 616, 628, 656, 690, 702, 773, 801, 
807, 808. 



USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:250,000. 

Osgood Mountains, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320130063. 

USGS MRDS number M030027. 

Mid number 2601801. 



Comments: Gold mineralization has also been observed on the Village Fault, located 300 m east of the Getchell Fault described above. Conoco, Inc. sold 
the property in 1983. Plans were to dewater and explore the 3 existing pits beginning in mid-1983. Two phases of development were plan- 
ned: Phase I— heap leaching existing tailings and old mine waste material from 1983 to 1994; Phase 11— open pit mining with associated milling 
operations. Construction wets to start in late 1985, with production commencing 1 jrr later. 



•Company reports "reserves appear to exceed" troy ounce total. 



113 



GIBELLINI— MANGANESE 



Alternate names: Nigtmz Manganese-Nickel, Black Iron 



Commodities: Mn, Ni, Zn 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Fish Creek. 

Elevation 2,103 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 

Owner Louis Gibellini (1976). 



Type of ore body Shear zone, replacement. 

Orig^ HydrothermeJ, replacement. 

Shape of ore body Pipelike, massive. 

Ore controls Fracturing, faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 70° E: 30° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 50. 

Width 30. 

Thickness 20. 

Depth 10. 

Minertil names Psilomelane, pyrolusite. 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size , 



About 27 km south of Eureka. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 35, T 16 N, R 52 E. 

39°12'30" N. 

116°05'23" W. 



Vinini. 

Lower Devonian. 

Limestone, ore in fractures. 

Sandstone, lies along ore, lies over 

ore. 
Shale, near ore, lies along ore. 
Chert, near ore, lies along ore. 
Quartzite, near ore, lies along ore. 
Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Ciurent status Inactive-explored. 

Type of operation Surface, undergroimd. 

Year of discovery 1942. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Past production No production; 2 car lots shipped in 1953 

for testing, averaged 31.7% Mn {721). 



Distance to water supply , 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill location , 



<3 km. 
None. 
<100 km. 
No mill. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



51, 593, 721. 



USGS quad maps Millett, 1:250,000. 

Cockalorum Wash, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320110006. 

USGS MRDS number W000698. 



Comments: The mangcuiese-rich material contains equal amounts of pyrolusite and psilomelane; it also contains appreciable amounts of zinc, nickel, 
and minor amounts of cobedt, copper, vanadium, and molybdenum. An analysis of a metallurgical sample revealed the following in per- 
cent (51): 



Mn 


Fe 


m 


Co 


Zn 


Cu 


Mo 


v.o. 


Ba 


CaO 


S 


Insol 


AkO, 


18.6 


3.0 


1.7 • 


0.3 


3.2 


0.12 


0.11 


0.88 


3.7 


2.3 


0.2 


41.6 


6.0 



114 



GOLD QUARRY— GOLD 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Au, Hg 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Maggie Creek. 

Elevation 1,658 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private, private lease, BLM 

administered. 



General location About 23 km south-southeast of Carlin 

Mine. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 34, 35, T 34 N, R 51 E. 

Latitude 40°47'27" N. 

Longitude llSnS'OO" W. 



Owner Newmont Mining Corp., New York, NY (1985). 

Operator Carlin Gold Mining Co., Carlin, NV (subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corp.) (1986). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Pipelike. 

Ore controls Faults; lithology. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions 
(estimated), m: 

Length 620. 

Width 460. 

Mineral names Native gold. 



Host formation Vinini (upper plate of Roberts 

Mountains Thrust Fault). 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Cherts, contains ore in shears and 

fractures, gangue. 
Quartzites, contains ore in shears 

and fractures, gangue. 
Siltstones, probable host of new 

discovery. 
Carbonates, probable host of new 
discovery. 

Alteration Silicification (jasperoid), argillic. 

Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Ciurent status . . . 
Type of operation 
Mining method . . 



Year of discovery 
Discovery method 

Initied production 
Past production . . 



Annual producton rate . 



Active-development, construction. 
Surface. 

Open pit; will mine about 2.3 
million t/a ore. 

1977 (new). 

Geological inference, drilling. 

1936; by Newmont from full-scale test heap 

leach (about 1982-83); mill production 

scheduled to commence August 1985. 
54.1 t (59.7 tons), 14.3 g/t (0.417 tr oz/ton) 

Au, 30.2 g/t (0.88 tr oz/ton) Ag (1936) 

(593). 
1,314-ig (42,230 tr oz) from 886,202 t 

(976,871 tons) ore from test heap leach 

(1983) (511). 
5,300 kg Au (170,000 tr oz) anticipated 

beginning August 1985. 



Mill location On-site probable. 

Mill status Development. 

Milling method Cyanide heap leach and cyanide 

agitated leach, carbon-in-pulp 

gold recovery. 

Process rate 6,120 t/d (6,750 ton/d) ore. 

Product type Dore bars and byproduct Hg. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity Grade Year Reference 

1 . . Proven and probable 45,000,000 tons .... 0.078 tr oz ton/Au (high grade) 1983 511 

89,000,000 tons 0.032 tr oz ton/Au Gow grade, stripping ratio 1.6:1) 1983 511 

49,000,000 tons 0.029 tr oz ton/Au (unrecoverable) 1983 511 

Total 183,000,000 tons .... 0.043 tr oz ton/Au (recoverable and imrecoverable) 1983 511 

REFERENCES 

27, 90, 116, 134, 184, 224. 237, 319, 435, 505, 507, 511, 514, 593, 834. USCJS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Schroeder Mountain, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320110219. 

Mid number 2601635. 

Comments: Mine-mill construction began in the spring of 1984. Newmont pays royalties of 18% on 87.5% of the mineral rights held by Ash and Thornton. 
Geology and ore characteristics are reported much the same as at Carlin. In 1982, full-scale heap leaching and milling tests were conducted. 
Total recoverable high- and low-grade 1983 proven and probable reserves is 134 million tons, 0.048 tr oz/ton Au. 



115 



GOLDFIELD— GOLD 



Alternate names: Goldfield Project, Pacific Gold and Uranium, 
Goldfield Consolidated Main Vein 



Commodities: Au, Ag 
(Au-Ag ratio about 3:1) 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Esmeralda. 

Mining district Goldfield. 

Elevation 1,720 m. 

Topography Hilly-mountainous. 

Domain Patented claims. 



General location About 40 km south of Tonopah. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sees. 25, 26, 36, T 2 S, R 42 E. 

Latitude 37°43'30" N. 

Longitude 117°13'11" W. 



Owner Davis Goldfield Mining Co. (receives 7.6% net royalty increasing to 10%) (1983). 

Lessees Southern Pacific Land Co., San Francisco, CA, 50%; Noranda Exploration, Inc., Toronto, ON, Ctmada, 25%; Pacific Giold 

and Uranium, Inc. (PG & U), Los Angeles, CA 25% (1983). 
Operator Blackhawk Mines Corp. (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



IVpc of ore body Vein systems, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore bodies Variable-pipes, lenticular, tabular. 

Ore controls Faults, fractures. 

Strike and dip of North: 30° to 40° E. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Miocene. 

Proposed pit average 
dimensions 
(estimated), m: 

Length 460. 

Width 45. 

Thickness 30. 

Mineral names Native gold, famatinite, tetra- 

hedrite-tennantite, bismuthinite, goldfieldite, chalcopyrite, 
galena, sphalerite, sylvanite, hessite, petzite, calaverite, 
pyrite, quartz, jasperoid, limonite, halloysite, gypsum. 



Host formations . 



(jleologic ages 

Rock relationships . 



Alteration 

Size 

DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-developing. 

Tyi>e of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit (shallow). 

Year of discovery ...... 1902 (district); 1981 (option acquired 

by Noranda and PG & U). 
Discovery method Recent drilling. 

Initial production Anticipated fourth quarter 1984. 

Last production Unknown. 

Past production Di8trict-130,326 kg Au; 45,107 kg 

Ag; 3,479 t Cu; 23 t Pb from 7,021,750 t 
ore (1903-60). 1948-51 production 
withheld (8). 

Annual production rate . About 270,000 t ore. 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 

Mill location 

Mill status 

Milling method 



Process rate 



Porphyritic Rhyodacite. 
Quartz Latite flows and tuffs 

(Kendall TufD. 
Lower Miocene. 
Oligocene. 
Silicified porphyritic rhyodacite, 

portions are ore, encloses ore 

(major host). 
Porphyritic rhyodacite, gangue. 
Silicified quartz latite, portions 

are ore, encloses ore. 
Quartz latite, gangue. 
Siliceous shale and argillite, lies 

beneath ore (Ordovician Palmetto 

Formation). 
Quartz' inonzonite, lies beneath ore 

(Tertiary). 
Highly bleached and altered— 

advanced argillization, aluniti- 

zation, silicification. 
Small. 



Two 300-gpm wells near plant site. 

2.4 km (improvement). 

3.2 km. 

Near mine. 

Development. 

Anticipated agglomerated cyanide 

heap leach; zinc precipitation or 

carbon absorption. 
About 1,100 t/d ore. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



1 . .Not reported in reference 500,000 tons 0.07 tr oz/ton Au 1980 162 

2. .Proven 2,115,000 tons 0.070 tr oz/ton Au 1984 502 

REFERENCES 

7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 162, 208, 209, 246, 325, 340, 497, 502, 576, USGS quad maps Goldfield, 1:250,000. 

627, 631, 632, 703, 809. Goldfield, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320090415. 

Comments: Specific geology of the proposed pit area was not available, (jleologic data describe the area of the district that will host the proposed develop- 
ment work. Reserve tonnage reported from 3 discrete ore bodies along (joldfield ledge. Reserve cutoff grade is 0.020 tr oz/ton Au. 



116 



GOLDSTRIKE— GOLD 



Ore body names: Long Lac deposit, Bazza (past open pits: Goldstrike No. 6, 
Goldstrike No. 9, Pan Cana No. 1, E. P. No. 1, E. P. No. 2) 



Commodities: Au, Ag 
(Au-Ag ratio = 20:1) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Lynn. 

Elevation 1,700 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 38 km northwest of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 30, T 36 N, R 50 E. 

Sec. 24, T 36 N, R 49 E. 

Latitude 40°58'12" N. 

Longitude 116°21'55" W. 



Operator Western States Minerals Corp., Wheat Ridge, CO (in a joint venture partnership with Pan Cana Industries) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated. Host formation . . . 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular to elongated lensoid. (geologic age 

Ore controls Faulting, ii-acturing-brecciation, lithology. Rock relationships . 

Strike of mineralized N 55° W. 

zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Cretaceous (78 million yr). 
Mineralized area aver- 
age dimensions 

(estimated), m: 

Length 2,100. 

Width 1,400. 

Thickness 75 to 170.. 

Depth 10. 

Principal minerals Pyrite (auriferous), marcasite 

(auriferous), quartz, sericite, kaolinite, montomorillonite, goethite. 

Other Chalcopyrite, scheelite, hematite, 

garnet, diopsite, tremolite, calcite, barite, jarosite, variscite, 

chalcedony, alunite, stibnite, aragonite, realgar, orpiment. Alteration 

arsenopyrite, sphalerite. Size 



Vinini Formation (most favorable); 

skam, latite, dike, gramodiorite. 
Ordoviciem (Vinini). 
Argillites (carbonaceous), fractures 

contain ore. 
Shales (sometimes carbonaceous), 

fractures contain ore. 
Siltstone, fractures contain ore. 
Quartzite (minor), near ore, gangue. 
Chert (minor), near ore, gangue. 
Limestone (rare), gangue. 
Granodiorite-to-diorite stock, 

contains ore (Early Cretaceous). 
Quartz latite and latite dikes, 

contains ore. 
Skam (zenoliths in diorite stock), 

contains ore. 
Jasperoid, above ore, near ore. 
Silicification, argillic, sericite. 
Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method- Open pit. 

Initial production 1976-77 (by Pan Cana Industries). 

Past production About 230 kg Au (1979) {1321 



Road requirement None, existing to the site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Cyanide heap leach. 

Process rate Unknown. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



132, 182, 183, 460, 593, 690. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Elko, 1:250,000. 

Rodeo Creek NE, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320110168. 

Mid number 2601089. 

Comments: Best mineralization occurs at intersection of high-angle structures and following low-angle structures. About 4 to 5 areas or zones of gold 
mineralization occur in the mine area. Northwest-trending high-angle faults (pre-mineral) have dominant control over mineralization. Individual 
mineral zones are 60 to 300 m in length with northwest elongation and 15 to 60 m in width. Both oxide and unoxidized ore exists. Oxide ore 
is known to exist up to 90 m in depth. Unoxidized sulfide ore has been as shallow as 20 m. 



117 



GOOSEBERRY— SILVER 



Alternate names: Gooseberry Claims, Red Top Claims 



Commodities: Ag, Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Storey. 

Mining district Unorganized. 

Elevation 1,646 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Mixed, private (patented claims); 

BLM administered (unpatented claims). 



General location About 24 km east of Reno. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 25, T 19 N, R 22 E. 

Latitude 39°29'03" N. 

Longitude 119°27'52" W. 



Owner-operator Asamera Minerals (U.S.), Inc., Reno, NV (subsidiary of Asamera, Inc., Calgfuy, AB, Canada), 75% (1984). 

Owner lean Ptesources Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada, 25% (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fissure vein, shear zone, disseminated. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting, fracturing. 

Strike and dip of N 20° W: 80° S. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Tertiary. 
Vein average dimen- 
sions, m: 

Length >900. 

Width >440 (downdip). 

Thickness 2.5. 

Mineral names Electrum, argentite, native gold and silver, 

pyrite, stephemite, minor galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, calcite, 
quartz, adularia. 



Host formation 


Kate Peak. 


Geologic age 


. . . . Miocene. 


Rock relationships 


Dacite porphyry, ore in veins and 




fractures, gangue. 




Rhyodacite, ore in veins and 




fractures, gangue. 




Flow breccia, near ore. 




Calcite-quartz-adularia vein, contains 




ore, gangue. 




Granodiorite, near ore. 


Alteration 


Propylitic, argillic. 


Size 


Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer.' 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Cut-and-flll stoping (by yearend 1983, 

26% of mill feed will be drawn by 

shrinkage stoping). 

Year of discovery 1906. 

Discovery method Surface outcrop. 

Initial production 1976, by Westcoast Oil end Gas Corp.; 

1983, by Asamera. 

Last production 1981, Westcoast Oil and Gas Corp.; 

Asamera currently producing in 1985. 

Past production 15,551 kg Ag (1980) (165). 

4,959 kg Ag (1981) il6B). 

9,528.7 kg Ag, 216.7 kg Au (1983) {172). 



Distance to water supply ... 11 km, pumped from river. 

Road requirement Existing. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Flotation, cyanidation of concentrate, 

Merrill-Crowe zinc dust 
precipitation. 

Process rate 320 t/d. 

Product type Pb, Ag, Au precipitate. 

Destination Englehard Industries, Los Angeles, CA. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



1 . .Proven and probable 607,000 tons 'k 

Possible 730,000 tons f 

2. .Reserves 500,000 tons . . . 

3. .Proven and probable 561,300 tons . . . 



Grade Year 

9.73 tr oz/ton Ag; 0.23 tr oz/ton Au 1983 

9 tr oz/ton Ag; 0.25 tr oz/ton Au 1984 

10.18 tr oz/ton Ag; 0.26 tr oz/ton Au 1984 

REFERENCES 



Reference 

101 

537 
504 



66, 90, 101, 165, 172, 378, 412, 470, 504, 528, 537, 597, 607, 695, 783. 



USGS quad maps Reno, 1:250,000. 

Churchill Butte, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320290018. 

Mid number 2600249. 



Comments: Asamera is considering installation of an on-site plant to produce dore bullion, from the precipitate. In 1982, Asamera acquired the proper- 
ty from Scurry -Rainbow (subsidiary of Westcoast Oil and Gas Corp.), which had been operating the Gooseberry. 



'Gooseberry production was suspended in February 1985 because of depressed metal prices. Exploration and development was reported to continue 
during the suspension. 



118 



GREYSTONE— BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaSO^ 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Lander. 

Mining district Bullion. 

Elevation 2,000 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 

Owner Dresser Industries, Dallas, TX (1984). 



General location About 41 km south of Battle Mountain. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 26, T 28 N, R 45 E. 

Latitude 40n6'27" N. 

Longitude 116°52'21" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary, replacement. 

dngin Sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding, lithology. 

Strike and dip of N 40° W: 30° S. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 900. 

Width 110. 

Thickness 90. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral nsmies Barite. 



Host formation Slaven Chert. 

Geologic age Devonian. 

Rock relationships Chert, encloses ore, gangue. 

Shale, encloses ore. 

Limestone, encloses ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1951. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1954. 

Last production 1983. 

Past production More than 3.6 million t mined, 

processed, and shipped (385). 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill statiis Operating. 

Milling method Crushing, screening, jigging. 

Process rate 1,813 t/d. 

Product type Crushed bsirite concentrate. 

Distance shipped 46 km. 

Destination Battle Mountain, NV. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



76, 87, 218, 283, 330, 346, 385, 392, 546, 548, 601, 693. 



USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Mt. Lewis, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320150073. 

Mid number 2600411. 



Comments: The Greystone is reported to be the largest producing barite mine in the covmtry and one of the largest ever discovered and developed 
(385). 



119 



GUNMETAL— TUNGSTEN 



Alternate names: Desert Scheelite; Garnet; Lindsay; Summeriield 



Commodities: W, Mo, Au 



Coimty Mineral. 

Mining district Shoshone. 

Elevation 2,255 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Private. 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Union Carbide Corp., Danbuiy, CT (1981). 

GEOLOGY 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size. 



Type of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Contact metasomatic. 

Ore controls Lithology, faulting. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 214. 

Thickness 15. 

Mineral names Scheelite, garnet, galena, tetrahedrite, 

molybdenite, sphalerite, quartz, calcite, epidote. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-past producer. Distance to water supply . 

Type of operation Surface-underground. Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 

Year of discovery 1916. 

Discovery method Unknown. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

No published reserve-resource information. 

REFERENCES 



About 70 km northwest of Tonopah. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 18, T 6 N, R 37 E. 

38''23'10" N. 

117''53'40" W. 



Luning. 

Triassic. 

Limestone, replaced by ore. 

Marble, gangue, encloses ore. 

Skam (tactite), gangue, encloses 

ore. 
Large. 



On-site. 
None. 
<50 km. 



223, 343, 444, 598, 608, 733, 740, 774. 



USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:250,000. 

USBM sequence number 0320210054. 

USGS MRDS number M030116. 



120 

HARD LUCK-PRADIER— ANTIMONY 

Alternate names: Pradier, Romano, Big Creek Commodities: Sb, Ag 

LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

County Lander. General location About 22 km south of Austin. 

Mining district Big Creek. Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Elevation 2,804 m. Tract Sec. 27, T 17 N, R 43 E. 

Topography Rugged. Latitude 39°18'17" N. 

Longitude H7°07'57" W. 

Owner Big Creek Mining and Milling Co., Austin, NV (1958). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Silicified fault breccia. Host formation Valmy. 

Origin Hydrothermal. Geologic age Ordovician. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, podlike. Rock relationships Shale, encloses ore. 

Ore controls Faulting. Slate, encloses ore. 

Strike and dip of N 20° W: flat lying. Size SmalL 

mineralized zone. 

Mineral names Stibnite, malachite, tetrahedrite, azurite. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-past producer. Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Type of operation Underground, surface. Road requirement <50 km. 

Mining method Unknown. Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Mill location No mill. 

Year of discovery Prior to 1936. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production About 1936. 

Last production 1968. 

Past production 68 t Sb metal (376). 

PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

No published reserve-resource information. 

REFERENCES 

376, 693. USGS quad maps Millett, 1:260,000. 

Austin, 16'. 
USBM sequence number 0320160193. 

Comments: Stibnite occurs as blebs, small pods, and single crystals. 



121 



HEAVY SPAR— BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaSOt 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Swales Mountain. 

Elevation 1,686 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 25 km north of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 10, T 35 N, R 52 E. 

Latitude 40°56'12" N. 

Longitude 116°06'51" W. 



Owner New Park Resources, Inc., Metairie, LA (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



IVpe of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 15° E: 45° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 213. 

Width 91. 

Thickness 16. 

Depth to 16. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1963. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1981. 

Last production 1983. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Host formation Vinini. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Siltstone, replaced by ore. 

Chert, encloses ore. 

Shale, encloses ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Road requirement <10 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



87, 186, 226, 283, 349, 646, 669. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:260,000. 

Swales Mountain, 7.6'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070098. 

Mid number 2601673. 

Comments: The property ceased production in 1983 because of depressed barite market conditions. The Heavy Spar may be an extension of the Fish 
Creek deposit in sec. 2, T 36 N, R 52 E. 



122 



HOLLYWOOD— ANTIMONY 



Alternate names: Lakeview, Antelope Springs, Lee 



Commodities: Sb, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Pershing. 

Mining district Antelope Springs (Relief, Pershing). 

Elevation 1,390 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain BLM administered. 

Owner Alma D. Priester (1960). 

Type of ore body Fissure vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting, fracturing. 

Strike and dip of N 35° to 60° W: 60° to 65° NE. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length >50. 

Width Unknown. 

Thickness 0.5. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Stibnite, pyrite. 

Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Unknown. 

Year of discovery 1864. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1916. 

Last production 1967. -,.,.. 

Past production 464 t Sb metal {376). 



General location About 29 km east of Lovelock. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 2, T 26 N, R 34 E. 

Latitude 40°08'54" N. 

Longitude 118°07'04" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation Grass Valley. 

Geologic age Upper Triassic. 

Rock relationships Calcareous shale, near ore. 

Limestone, near ore. 

Siltstone, near ore. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill location 



<10km. 
<3 km. 
<50 km. 

Ore shipped to Austin, NV, for 
milling in 1967. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



No published reserve-resource information. 



329, 376, 718. 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Lovelock, 1:250,000. 

Buffalo Mountain, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320270361. 

USGS MRDS number M060417. 



Comments: Principal period of production from the Hollywood Mine was during World War I. 



123 



HORSE CANYON— GOLD 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Cortez-Mill Canyon. 

Elevation 2,530 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 100 km southwest of Elko. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 3, T 26 N, R 48 E (unsurveyed). 

Latitude 40°08'50" N. 

Longitude 116°32'45" W. 



Owners Placer U.S., Inc., San Francisco, CA (subsidiary of Placer Development, Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada); Kennecott Copper 

Corp., Salt Lake City, UT; Vernon F. Taylor, Jr. (1984). 
Operator Cortez Gold Mines (operational entity of Placer U.S., Inc.) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Ore controls Faults, fractures, lithology. 

Planned pit size 27 ha (68 acres). 

MinersJ neunes Native gold, quartz, iron oxides, clays, 

barite, jeisperoid, jarosite. 



Host formation Vinini (upper plate of Roberts Mountains 

Thrust Fault). 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Shale, in part cherty and carbonaceous, 

ore host. 
Siltstone, ore host. 
Rhyolite dikes, near ore, intrudes host 

(Miocene). 
Silicified jasperoid breccia, hosted in 
Vinini. 

Alteration Silicification, iron staining, bleaching. 

Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface, mine rate about 660,000 

t/a ore; stripping ratio is about 3:1 

(waste:ore). 
Mining method Open pit. 

Initial production February 1983 (mining); 

May 1983 (milling). 



Annual production rate 



600 kg (20,000 tr oz) Au (1983); 
then 1,200 kg (40,000 tr oz) Au thereafter. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site at Cortez. 

Road requirement About 22 km to Cortez mill. 

Distance to power supply . . . Existing to Cortez mill. 

Mill location Cortez mill (22 km haulage from 

mine). 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Agitated tank cyanide leach (CIL-carbon 

in leach), carbon columns, pressure 

stripping, electrolysis-steel wool, 

smelting. 

Process rate 1,800 t/d (2,000 ton/d). 

Product type Dore buttons. • 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



L.Not reported in reference 3,121,000 t 1.89 g/t Au ..... .1982 564 

2. . Do 3,400,000 tons 0.055 tr oz/ton Au . . 1983 169 

REFERENCES 

27, 84, 90, 100, 169, 170, 219, 426, 513, 564, 593, 692, 780, 781, 785. USGS quad maps .... ....... Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Cortez, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320110228. 

Comments: The Horse Canyon ore is milled at the Cortez mill. The Cortez gold deposit was mined until 1973 when mining operations shifted west to 
Placer Amex's Gold Acres gold deposit across the valley. Mining and milling continued until February 1976. Cortez and Gold Acres dumps 
were leached to 1980. In 1980, mining on other Cortez and Gold Acres dumps began; Cortez material was leached and Gold Acres material 
milled. Horse Canyon ore replaced output from Cxold Acres low-grade dumps in May 1983. The Cortez dumps were still actively being mined 
and leached in late 1983. Company reported mine life is less than 5 jrr from 1983. 



124 

INDIAN SPRINGS— TUNGSTEN 

Alternate names: None Commodities: W 

LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 

Coimty Elko. Creneral location About 82 km northeast of Wells. 

Mining district Delano. Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Elevation 2,047 m. Tract Sec. 10, T 43 N, R 68 E. 

Topography Rugged. Latitude 41°37'29" N. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. Longitude 114°14'46" W. 

Owner Norman Ludwig; AZL Resources, Inc., Phoenix, AZ; Utah International, Inc., San Framcisco, CA (1981). 

Operator Utah International, Inc. (1981). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Stockwork, replacement. Host formation Pequop. 

Ol*igin Hydrothermal, contact metasomatic. Geologic age Upper Permian. 

Shape of ore body Irregiilar. Rock relationships Sandstone, ore in fi-actures, replaced 

Ore controls Contact zone, igneous. by ore. 

Strike and dip of N 30° E: 90° E. Size Large. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,524. 

Width 150. 

Thickness 30. 

Depth 30. 

Mineral names Scheelite, garnet, powellite, pyrite, 

chalcopyrite, molybdenite, galena, sphalerite, tetrahedrite, chalcocite, 
argentite, bomite, covellite, magnetite, goethite. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-developed deposit. Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Year of discovery 1951. Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production None. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade Year Reference 

1. .Not reported in reference 43,600,000 tons 0.164% WO, 1970 147 

2. . Do 13,900,000 tons 0.265% WO, 1970 147 

REFERENCES 

147, 226, 278, 538, 661, 669. USGS quad maps Wells, 1:250,000. 

Delano Mountain, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070016. 

USGS MRDS number D002193. 



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125 



JUNGLE— BARITE 



Alternate names: Jungle A & B, Boies, Consolation, Jungle Extension, Ala 



Commodities: BaSOt 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Snake Mountains. 

Elevation 2,135 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed; patented mining cledms and 

located mining claims on public lands 
administered by BLM. 



General location 

Meridiem 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



About 48 km northeast of Wells. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 7, T 42 N, R 62 E. 

41°32'30" N. 

114°59'42" W. 



Owner-operator Chromalloy American Corp., St. Louis, MO (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Sedimentation, hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, irregular. 

Ore controls Bedding, lithology. 

Strike and dip of Flat lying. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length >180. 

Width 170. 

Thickness 8.5. 

Depth 35. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Current status Inactive-past producer (standby). 

lype of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1955. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1977. 

Last production 1981. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Host formation . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationship 



Size , 



Valmy. 

Ordovician. 

Chert, encloses ore. 

Shale, encloses ore. 

Conglomerate, encloses ore. 

Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 

Mill location 

Mill status 

Milling method 

Product type 

Distance shipped 



>10km. 
None. 
<50 km. 

Off-site 18 km east. 
Standby. 

Crushing, screening, jigging. 
Unground barite concentrate. 
70 km to Wells, NV, by truck; then 
2,350 km to Cyril, OK, by rail. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



No published reserve-resource information. 



77, 95, 123, 205, 226, 278, 646, 669, 688, 716, 775, 778. 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Wells, 1:250,000. 

Boies Reservoir, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070367. 

Mid number 2601098. 



126 



KAY-BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaS04 



County Nye. 

Mining district Northumberland. 

Elevation 2,820 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain National forest. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Chromalloy American Corp., St. Louis, MO (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement 

Origin Sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Irregular. 

Ore controls Bedding, faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 45° E: 10° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length Unknown. 

Width Unknown. 

Thickness 1.5. 

Depth 11. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Current status Inactive-explored. 

Type of operation Possible surface. 

Year of discovery 1958. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production No production. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size . 



About 56 km southeeist of Austin. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 14, T 13 N, R 45 E. 

38 ° 57 '50 "N. 

116°51'58" W. 



Pinecone. 

Devonian. 

Chert, encloses ore 

Shale, encloses ore. 

Greenstone, encloses ore. 

Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill location 



On-site. 
On-site. 
<10 km. 
No mill. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



338, 357, 368, 546, 623, 624. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence number 



Tonopah, 1:250,000. 
Northumberland, 7.5', 
0320230719. 



^qjg 



127 



LAKES-BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaSO, 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Lakes. 

Elevation 2,220 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 46 km north of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 1, T 37 N, R 51 E. 

Latitude 41''08'06'' N. 

Longitude 116°11'36" W. 



Owner 25 Corporation, Lincoln, NE; ML Baroid (a division of NL Industries, Inc., New York, NY~lessee) (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Bedded. 

Origin Replacement. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, massive. 

Strike and dip of S 45° W: 5° S. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 320 

Width 185. 

Thickness 45. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Ciirrent status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1955. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1973. 

Last production 1981. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Host formation Vinini. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Chert, lies under ore, replaced by ore. 

Tuffs, lies over ore. 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement <10 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <10 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 
l..Not reported in reference.. 

87, 226, 304, 546, 669. 



Quantity 
8,000,000 tons . 



Grade Year 

4.10 sp gr 1982 

REFERENCES 



Reference 
304 



USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:250,000. 

Lake Mountain, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070354. 

Mid number 2600959. 

Comments: Ownership of the Lakes deposit has been the subject of 2.5 yr of litigation. In June 1982, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in favor of NL Industries. 



128 



LINKA-TUNGSTEN 



Alternate names: Gametite, Spruce 
Mountain, Toiyabe Claims 



Commodities: W, Mo 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lander. 

Elevation 1,800 m. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Consolidated Uranium Mines, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (1972). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement, sheEur zone. 

Origin Contact metasomatism, hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular. 

Ore controls Lithology, contact zone. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 153. 

Width 12. 

Thickness 46. 

Mineral names Scheelite, quartz, garnet, epidote, 

calcite, molybdenite, pyrite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Size . 



About 27 km southeast of Austin. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 18, T 17 N, R 45-1/2 E. 

39°19'00" N. 

116°50'00" W. 



Antelope Valley. 

Ordovician. 

Marble, lies along ore. 

Hornfels, lies along ore. 

Limestone, replaced by ore. 

Skarn, is ore, gangue. 

Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Surface-underground. 

Year of discovery 1941. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 



Distance to water supply , 
Distance to power supply , 



<3 km. 
<50 km. 



Past production Confidential proprietary data. 

PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 
No published reserve-resource information. 

REFERENCES 

404, 693, 733. USGS quad maps 



USBM sequence number 
USGS MRDS number . . . 



Millett, 1:250,000. 
Spencer Hot Springs, 15'. 
0320150011. 
M030019. 



129 



MAGGIE CREEK-GOLD 



Ore body names: Main, West 



Commodities: Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Maggie Creek (Schroeder). 

Elevation 1,603 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed, private, private lease, 

BLM administered. 



Greneral location About 11 km north of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 4, T 34 N, R 51 E. 

Latitude 40°51'49" N. 

Longitude 116°14'47" W. 



Owner Newmont Mining Corp., New York, NY (1985). 

Operator Carlin Gold Mining Co. (subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corp.) (1985). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, replacement, stratiform. 

(Mgin Hydrothermal, oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls High-angle fault, northeast-trend- 
ing fracture zone, lithology. 
Strike of mineralized About N 30° E. 

zone. 
Age of mineralization . . . Mid-Tertiaiy. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Main West 

Length 730 120 

Width 60 to 180 120 

Thickness 40 (estimated) 40 (estimated) 

Pit area 85.7 ha (210 acres). 

Mineral names Native gold, pyrite, quartz, clays, 

carbon (not associated with gold), barite, chert, illite, kaolinite, 
montmorillonite. 



Host formation 



(jleologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Alteration 



Size . 



Roberts Mountains (upper plate of 
Roberts Mountains Thrust Fault). 

Upper Silurian. 

Argillaceous dolomitic limestone, 
ore in fractures, replaced by ore, 
gangue. 

Siltstone, ore in fractures, re- 
placed by ore, gangue. 

Shale, ore in iractxires, replaced by 
ore, gangue. 

Sandstone, ore in fractures, gangue. 

Silicification, decarbonation, 
argillization. 

Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit, about 15,000 t/d ore 

and waste mined. Mining began 

in July 1980. 

Year of discovery 1976-77. 

Discovery method (jeological inference, drilling. 

Initiad production April 1981 fleach facility 

commissioned). 
Past production 987.19 kg (31,739 tr oz) Au from 

240,794 t (265,430 tons) ore 

treated (1983) (511). 
Annual production 450,000 t (600,000 tons) leaching grade 

ore; estimated 220,000 t (240,000 tons) 

milling grade. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site wells. 

Road requirement 23 km to Carlin mill. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site diesel electric generation, 

1,300 kW (four 275-kW units, one 
200-kW standby unit). 

Mill location Heap leach-on-site; milling ore to 

Carlin mill. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling methods Leaching grade ore-cyanide agglom- 
eration, cyanide heap leach, carbon 
adsorption, electrolysis, smelting. 
Milling grade-agitated cyanide 
leach, CCD, Merrill-Crowe 
zinc precipitation. 

Process rate Leaching grade-2,300 t/d (450,000 t/a). 

Milling grade~l,040 t/d is trucked and 
processed at Carlin mill. 

Product type Dore bullion approximately 960 fine. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



L.Not reported in reference 4,350,000 t' . . . 

2..Proven and probable 3,606,000 tons . 

Above contains 2,202,000 tons . 



27, 59, 90, 129, 184, 319, 398, 400, 435, 505, 508, 511, 593, 
688, 832. 



3.20 g/t Au (milling plus leaching grade) 1980 435 

0.079 tr oz/ton Au 1983 511 

0.037 tr oz/ton Au 1983 511 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Schroeder Mountain, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320110182. 

Mid nvmiber 2601635. 



Comments: Maggie Creek deposit adjoins the Gold Quarry property. 



•Published reserves consist of about 2.09 million t, 5.14 g/t Au milling grade ore, and 2.26 million t, 1.3 g/t Au leaching grade. Anticipated last 
year of production is 1986. 



130 



MAMMOTH-FLUORINE 



Alternate names: Star Mine, Perkins Claim, Perkins Prospect, Pine Creek Prospect, 
Carlson Prospect, Rocket Group and Big Jim, Jumbo Prospect, Horseshoe, Northern 
Horseshoe, Higrade, White Horse, North Star Group 



Commodities: CaF, 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Quinn Canyon Range. 

Elevation 2,256 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain National forest. 

Owner Norman E. Wood (1976). 

Type of ore body Breccia fill, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular, lenticular. 

Ore controls Lithology, contact zone. 

Strike and dip of N 15° E: 15° to 30° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 229. 

Width 30. 

Thickness 30. 

Mineral names Fluorspar, jasper, calcite. 



General location About 101 km west of Caliente. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 2, T 3 N, R 56 E. 

Latitude 38°09'04" N. 

Longitude 115°39'20" W. 



GEOLOGY 

Host formation Antelope Formation. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Limestone, ore in fractures, 

replaced by ore. 

Host formation Shingle Pass. 

Geologic age Tertiary. 

Rock relationships Unspecified extrusive, ore in 

fractures. 

Host formation Needles Range. 

Geologic age Tertiary. 

Rock relationships Unspecified extrusive, ore in 

fractures. 

Size Medium. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-explored prospect. Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Type of operation Surface. Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Year of discovery 1943. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



No published reserve-resource information. 



REFERENCES 



281, 283, 357, 545, 604, 733, 815, 816. 



USGS quad maps Lund, 1:250,000. 

USBM sequence number 0320230202. 



131 



MANHATTAN-GOLD 



Related names: Houston Oil & Minerals Manhattan (HIMCO) Project Claim Group 
includes Big Four, Mayflower, Reilly Fraction, Iron Queen, Iron King, Gold Wedge, 
Little Grey, Jumping Jack, June, St. George, Stray Dog, Skookum 



Commodities: Au, Ag 



County Nye. 

Mining district Manhattan. 

Elevation 1,290 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



About 56 km northeast of Tonopah. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 23, T 8 N, R 44 E. 

38° 32 19" N. 

117°00'31" W. 



Owner-operator Tenneco Minerals Corp., Inc., Houston, TX (1985). 

(Mining is by contractor-W.E. Vining, Csirson City, NV.) 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, stockwork-quartz 

veining. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faults, iractures (joints). 

Age of mineralization . . . Miocene (16 million yr.) 

Mineral names Free gold, electrum, quartz, calcite, 

adularia, manganese oxide, pyrite, iron oxide. 



Host formation (Jold Hill. 

Geologic age Cambrian. 

Rock relationships Schist, ore in fractures, gangue. 

Pyrite, shale, ore in fractures, 

gangue. 
Quartzite, sandstone, ore in 
fractures, gangue. 

Alteration Pyritization. 

Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit (by contract); about 

2,700 t/d ore. 

Year of discovery 1866, silver first discovered in 

district; 1905, gold discovered. 
Discovery method Geochemical, drilling. 

Initial production 1980 by HIMCO; late 1983 for 

Tenneco. 
Last production Late 1982 by HIMCO; ongoing for 

Tenneco (1985). 
Annual production rate . Between 810 kg Au and 840 kg Au 

anticipated (26,000 to 27,000 

tr oz). 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement Existing. 

Distance to power supply . . . Unknown. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Gravity concentration, flotation, 

batch cyanide agitated leach, 
Merrill-Crowe zinc precipitation. 

Process rate Crusher about 2,700 t/d; flotation 

about 1,369 t/d. 

Product type Au-Ag precipitate. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



l...Proven 5,000,000 tons , 



90, 136, 191, 192, 194, 311, 357, 368, 378, 494, 584, 719, 
768. 



Grade Year Reference 

0.036 tr oz/ton Au 1983 311 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:250,000. 

Manhattan, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320230395. 

Mid number 2601566. 



Comments: The mine was' temporarily shut down between January 1982 and fall of 1983. 



132 

McARTHUR-COPPER 

Alternate names: None Commodities: Cu 

LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 

County Lyon. General location About 45 km southeast of Carson 

Mining district Mason. City. 

Elevation 1,438 m. Meridian Moimt Diablo. 

Topography Gentle. Tract Sec. 25, T 14 N, R 24 E. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. Latitude 39°02'56" N. 

Longitude 119°14'17" W. 

Ovimer The Anaconda Minertds Co., Denver, CO (a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Co., Denver, CO) (1979). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Replacement, breccia fill. Host formation Igneous intrusive. 

Origin Contact metasomatic, hydrothermal. Geologic age Mesozoic. 

Shape of ore body Unknown. Rock relationships Quartz monzonite, replaced by ore. 

Ore controls Igneous, fracturing, faulting. gangue. 

Strike of mineralized N 70° W. Breccia, encloses ore, gangue. 

zone. Size Large. 

Mineral names Chalcocite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, 

cuprite, malachite. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-explored prospect. Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Road requirement <10 km. 

Discovery method Trenching, drilling. Distance to power supply . . . <10 km. 

Last production 1943. 

Past production Reported 5 carloads ore shipped in 

1943 (695). 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade Year Reference 

L.Not reported in reference 13,000,000 tons 0.43% Cu 1976 822 

REFERENCES 

126, 128, 453, 567, 695, 822, 824. USGS quad maps Reno, 1:250,000. 

Wabuska, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320190023. 

Comments: Extensive exploration done by the Bureau in 1948-50; further drilling done by Anaconda Co. in 1974. 



133 



McDERMITT-MERCURY 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Hg 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Humboldt. 

Mining district Opalite (Cordero). 

Elevation 1,402 m. 

Topography Flat. 

Domain Mixed; BLM administered, public 

lands-private. 



General location About 10 km southwest of McDermitt. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 27, T 47 N, R 37 E. 

Latitude 41 "5513" N. 

Longitude 117°48'37" W. 



Ovraer-operator Placer U.S. Inc., San Francisco, CA (subsidiary of Placer Development Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada), 51% (1983). 

Owner Sterling Mineral Venture, 49% (1983). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal, sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular overall. 

Ore controls Faulting, bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 45° W: 4° E. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Miocene. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 760. 

Width 670. 

Thickness 6. 

Depth 30. 

Mineral names Cinnabar, corderoite, montmorillonite, 

chalcedony, iron and manganese oxides, calcite, cristobalite, gypsum, 
alunite, apatite, stibnite, alpha tridynite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Alteration 
Size 



Tuffaceous sediment (lake beds). 

Miocene. 

Clay, is ore, encloses ore. 

Chert, under ore, is ore. 

Argillic. 

Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit; overall stripping ratio 

is about 4.7:1 waste:ore. 

Year of discovery 1941 (drill penetration of ore body). 

Discovery method Geological inference. 

Initied production 1975 (stripping began in 1974). 

Past production 237,000 t, 4.51 kg/t Hg ore milled; 

489,000 kg Hg metal production 

(1981) (564). 

273,000 t, 4.06 kg/t Hg ore milled; 
452,000 kg Hg metal production 

(1982) {5641 

Annual production rate . About 240,000 t ore and 20,000 
flasks. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site wells. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Flotation, distillation. 

Process rate 2,200 t/d ore, 90 t/h (furnace- 

0.45 t/h Hg concentrate). 
Product type Refined mercury. 

Distance shipped 4,348 km. 

Destination New York, NY, and various other 

national locations. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 

1. .Indicated 

2..Measured 

3.. Do 

4.. Do 



Quantity 

3,000,000 tons . 
1,648,000 t . . . . 

1,410,000 t 

1,202,000 t 



Grade 



Year Reference 



10 lb Hg/ton 1976 596 

0.5 wt pet Hg 1980 563 

5.15 kg/t Hg 1981 564 

4.44 kg/t Hg 1982 564 

REFERENCES 



7, 29, 104, 202, 229, 276, 406, 466, 468, 474, 563, 564, 
596, 602, 615, 639, 642, 643, 673, 725, 801, 845. 



USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:250,000. 

Jordan Meadows, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320130259. 

USGS MRDS number M054731. 

Mid number 2600646. 



Comments: Largest mercury producer in the United States. Individual ore bodies are asymmetric lenslike bodies that thin and decrease in grade away 
from hot spring centers of mineralization. Reported final pit depth will be about 50 m. The ore body is estimated to contain 400,000 flasks 
of mercury. 



134 



McGILL TAILINGS-COPPER 



Alternate names: Keystone Dumps 



Commodities: Cu 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County White Pine. 

Mining district Robinson Canyon. 

Elevation 1,865 m. 

Topography Gentle. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 19 km northeast of Ely. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 29, T 18 N, R 64 E. 

Latitude 39°23'55" N. 

Longitude 114°47'44" W. 



Owner Kennecott Copper Corp., Salt Lake City, UT (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Mill waste, tailings. 



Current status Inactive-explored. 

Mining method Surface. 



Identified resources Medium. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 
Road requirement None. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



l..Not reported in reference 40,000,000 to 

80,000,000 



0.3 to 0.4% Cu 

REFERENCES 



Year Reference 
1979 413 



160, 284, 413. 473, 477. 



USGS quad maps Ely, 1:250,000. 

McGill, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320330056. 

Comments: The tailings deposit at McGill represents a 70-yr accumulation of tailings from the adjacent concentrator. Over the years the "natural classification 
of the coarse and heavy particles resulted in a deposit of minable grade copper-bearing material suitable for concentrating and smelting" (473). 
In 1978-79, Kennecott conducted exploration and feasibility studies on the deposit. In the fall of 1979, Kennecott annotmced that recovery 
of copper from about 800 ha (2,000 acres) awaited only a corporate go-ahead. It was stated that an investment of $15 million would be required 
and would "pay for itself in less than a year" U60). The plan was to use conveyors to transport 9.5 million t (10.5 million tons) annually back 
to the mill and smelter facilities for reprocessing. Recycling of the 0.5% Cu tailings would take between 8 and 10 yr U60). 



135 



MINNESOTA— IRON 



Alternate names: Standard Slag Mine, Minnesota Copper Lode Claim 



Commodities: Fe 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Douglas. 

Mining district Buckskin. 

Elevation 1,823 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. 



General location About 38 km southeast of Carson 

City. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 19, T 14 N, R 24 E. 

Latitude 39°04'04" N. 

Longitude 119°20'00" W. 



Owners V. Cox; J. Adams; A. J. Hawkins; M. Russell; L. J. Anderson; Standard Slag Co., Reno, NV (1975). 

GEOLOGY 



TVpe of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Contact metasomatic. 

Shape of ore body Irreguleir. 

Ore controls Faulting, lithology. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 244. 

Width 152. 

Thickness 122. 

Mineral names Magnetite, hematite, dolomite, pyrite, 

chalcopyrite, martite, magnesite, malachite, chlorite, sericite. 



Host formation Sedimentary Series. 

Geologic age Triassic. 

Rock relationships Dolomite, replaced by ore, gangue. 

Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Surface. 

Year of discovery 1900. 

Discovery method Auxiliary mineral in place. 

Initial production 1916. 

Last production 1967. 

Past production 4,000,000 t ore and concentrate through 

1967 (454). 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



296, 381, 453, 454, 580. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Reno, 1:250,000. 

Como, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320050021 

USGS MRDS number W016379. 



136 



MODARELLI— IRON 



Alternate names: Amarilla Deposit, Requa Mine, Simplot Mine 



Conunodities: Fe 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Modarelli. 

Elevation 2,067 m. 

Topography Very rugged. 

Domain Private. 

Owner Linda and Vincent Modarelli (1981). 

Owner-operator J. R. Simplot Co., Boise, ID (1981). 

IVpe of ore body Replacement, stockwork. 

O^gin Contact metasomatic. 

Shape of ore body Irregular. 

Ore controls Faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 45° W: 60° N. 
mineralized zone. 

Mineral names Hematite, magnetite, quartz, 

calcite, apatite. 



General location About 39 km south of Cau-lin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 30, T 29 N, R 51 E. 

Latitude 40°21'59" N. 

Longitude 116°15'44" W. 



GEOLOGY 

Host formation Older Volcanic Series. 

Geologic age Oligocene. 

Rock relationships Tuff, near ore, 

Dacite, near ore. 

Latite, near ore. 

Rhyolite, replaced by ore, ore in 
fractures. 

Andesite, lies under ore. 
Size Medium. 

DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Siuface. 

Year of discovery 1903. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1951. 

Last production 1959. 

Past production 406,000 t mined between 1951-59 (454). 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade 

l..Indicated. 44,000,000 long tons. 42.75% Fe, 1.05% P.O. 

REFERENCES 



Year Reference 
1971 454 



10, 76, 150, 235, 282, 324, 332, 366, 454, 462, 536, 568, 
583, 593, 625, 733, 751. 



USGS quad maps 



USBM sequence number 
USGS MRDS number . . . 



Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 
Frenchie Creek, 15'. 
0320110028. 
W016363. 



137 



MONTANA MOUNTAINS— LITHIUM 

Alternate names: McDermitt Caldera Lithium; Kings River Lithium; Uravada Commodities: Li, U 

LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 

County Humboldt. General location About 48 km southwest of McDermitt. 

Mining district None; closest is Opalite (McDermitt), Meridian Mount Diablo. 

38 km northeast. Tract Sec. 24, T 45 N, R, 34 E. 

Elevation 2,080 m. Latitude 41°45'44" N. 

Domain Public, BLM administered. Longitude 118°06'29" W. 

Owners J. M. Huber Corp., Macon, GA (1984); Chevron Resources, Denver, CO (1984); Jim and Grace LeBret, Frank and Ann 

Bengoa, Orovada, NV (1984); Norman LeBret, Priscilla Vaagen, George and Lynn LeBret, Spoksme, WA (1984). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Volcemic moat deposits. Host formation Tuffaceous sediments. 

Origin Hydrothermal, hot springs. Geologic age Tertiary. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. Rock relationships Hectorite, is ore. 

Ore controls Hot springs vent zones, moat sediments. Alteration Zeolite. 

Strike and dip of Horizontal. Size Large. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Tertiary. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 15,000. 

Width 1,000. 

Thickness 75. 

Depth 75. 

Mineral names Smectite, calcite, chalcedony, analcime. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Active-exploration. Distance to water supply ... 6 km. 

TVpe of operation Possible surface. Road requirement Paved haul road. 

Mining method Open pit. Distance to power supply ... 5 km. 

Year of discovery 1979. 

Discovery method Field mapping, drilling. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

No published reserve-resource information. 

REFERENCES 

108, 125, 155, 221, 244, 379, 396, 397, 602, USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:250,000. 

603, 638, 801. Disaster Peak, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320130482. 

Comments: Potentially the largest single lithium resource in the United States containing a drill-hole-indicated resource of 200 million t averaging 
1.2% Li,0. 



138 



MOUNT HOPE— MOLYBDENUM 



Alternate neiines: Whim Shaft, Lorraine Workings, Nevada Mom Prospect 



Commodities: Mo, Zn, Cd, 
Pb, Cu, Ag, Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Mt. Hope. 

Elevation 2,240 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain BLM administered. 

Owner EXXON Corp., New York, NY (1982). 



Type of ore body Stockwork, disseminated 

porphyry molybdenum. 

Origin Contact metasomatic, hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Stockwork. 

Ore controls Igneous, faulting, fracturing. 

Pit average dimen- 
sions (proposed), km: 

Length 2. 

Width 1.75. 

Mineral names Molybdenite; other minerals unknown. 



General location About 34 km southesist of Exireka. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 18, T 22 N, R 52 E. 

Latitude 39°47'15" N. 

Longitude 116°09'29" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation 
Geologic age . . . 
Size 



Quartz porphyry (major host). 

Mid-Tertiary. 

Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-developing"-exploration. 

Type of operation Surface (proposed). 

Mining method Open pit; mining 27,000 t/d ore, 

using large electric shovels 

was proposed. 

Year of discovery 1870 (Pb and Zn); 1981 (Mo dis- 
covery announced). 
Discovery method Drilling, geochemistry. 



Initial production 1886. 



Distance to water supply ... 16 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply ... 32 km. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status I*roposed. 

Milling method Concentrator, hydrometEillurgical, 

conversion plant (proposed). 

Product type Molybdic acid, ferromolybdenum 

(proposed). 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

L.Not reported in reference 450,000,000 tons ... 

383, 395, 448, 593, 793, 813, 837. 



Grade Year Reference 

0.13% to 0.32% MoSj 1981 383 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Millett, 1:250,000. 

Garden Valley, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320110037. 

USGS MRDS number W016396. 

Mid number 2601132. 

Conmients: Molybdenum was first observed in a drill hole drilled by Phillips Petroleum in 1970-71. The higher grade mineralization is reported to occxir 
where the asymmetric halos of alteration and molybdenum mineralization merge around 2 deep coaxial stocks. Molybdenite has been reported 
to occur at depths ranging from 46 m to 960 m. 



139 



MOUNT WHEELER-BERYLLIUM 



Alternate names: Pole Adit 



Commodites: Be, CaF„ W 



County White Pine. 

Mining dirtrlet Mt. Waahlngton. 

Elevation 2,377 m. 

Topography Very r\igged. 

Domain National forest. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Mt. Wheeler Mines, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (1983). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Replacement, fiuure vein, shear zone. Host formation 

Origin Ui^nown. Geologic age 

Shape of ore body Lenticular. Rock relationships. ...... 

Ore controls Fracturing, bedding. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: Size 

Length 1,000. 

Width 8. 

Thickness 6. 

Depth 0. 

Minered names Phenacite, fluorite, acheelite, beryl, 

bertrandite. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-developed. Distance to water supply . 

Type of operation Possible underground. Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 

Year of discovery 1959. Mill location 

Discovery method Auxiliary minerals in place. 

Initial production No production. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



About 60 km southeast of Ely. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 16, T 12 N, R 68 E. 

38°53'50" N. 

114'2016" W, 



Pioche Shale. 

Cambrian. 

Limestone, replaced by ore. 

Shale, lies over ore. 

Shale, lies under ore. 

Large. 



On-site. 
None. 
<10 km. 
No mill. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



119, 122, 249, 250, 275, 284, 359, 679, 797, 798. 



REFERENCES 

uses quad maps Lund, 1:250,000. 

Wheeler Peak, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320330039. 

USGS MRDS number D001197. 



140 



MOUNTAIN SPRINGS— BARITE 



Alternate names: FMC Mine 



Commodities: BaSO« 



LOCATION^WNERSHIP 



County Lander. 

Mining district Mountain Springs. 

Elevation 1,663 m. 

Topography Rolling. 

Domain Mixed, BLM administered. 



General location About 39 km south of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 8, T 28 N, R 44 E. 

Latitude 40°18'25" N. 

Longitude 117°02'26" W. 



Owner FMC Corp. Inc., Chicago, IL (1984). 

Operator FMC Corp. Inc.; IMCO Services— milling (a wholly owned subsidiary of Halliburton Co., Dallas, TX) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

(Drigin Sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabiilar. 

Ore controls Bedding, lithology. 

Strike and dip of N 30° W: 46° S. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 244. 

Width 36. 

Thickness 30. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Host formation Slaven. 

(jreologic age Devonian. 

Rock relationships Chert, lies over ore, encloses ore. 

Limestone, lies over ore. 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1947. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1962. 

Last production Ongoing. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road reqviirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Producer-standby. 

Milling method ('). 

Process rate FMC-63,000 t/a; IMCO— 400,000 t/a. 

Product type Crushed concentrated barite. 

Distance shipped 44 km. 

Destination Battle Mountain, NV. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



78, 87, 131, 173, 315, 330, 346, 347, 386, 392, 
646, 648, 601, 688, 693, 736. 



USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

McCoy, 16'. 

USBM sequence number 0320150072. 

Mid number 2600401. 



'FMC Corp. operates a small crushing and screening plant; IMCO Services operates a large beneficiation plant. The IMCO plant incorporates jig- 
ging, tabling, eind flotation concentrating techniques. 



141 



NEVADA MOLY— MOLYBDENUM 



Alternate names: Anaconda-Nevada Moly Prospect, Hall Copper, Hall Hand 
Property, Liberty Mine, San Antonio Mine, Hall Molly 



Conunodites: Mo, Cu, Ag, 
Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district San Antone. 

Elevation 1,798 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed. 



General location About 27 km northwest of Tonopah. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 5, T 5 N, R 42 E. 

Latitude 38°19'23" N. 

Longitude 117°17'31" W. 



Owner-operator The Anaconda Minerals Co., Denver, CO (a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Co., Denver, CO) (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement, stockwork, disseminated. 

Origin Hydrothermal, oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Pipelike, cylindrical. 

Ore controls Contact zone, igneous, faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 45° E: 15° to 50° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 760. 

Width 760. 

Thickness 40. 

Depth 3. 

Mineral names Creedite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, 

chalcocite, molybenite, pyrrhotite, malachite, azurite, 
powellite, limonite, galena. 



Host formation Valmy. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Quartz porphyry, is ore. 

Metamorphosed sediments, ore in 
fractures, along bedding planes. 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer.' 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit, conventional truck and 

shovel with 14-m benches. 

Year of discovery 1863. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Production Full production capabilities reached 

in December 1981. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Operating. 

Milling method Two-product bulk flotation. 

Process rate 20,000 t/d (full capacity). 

Product type MoS, concentrate to leach plant; 

Cu concentrate to smelter. MoS, 
product capacity is estimated 7,260 t/a. 



PU6USHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

L.Not reported in reference 455,000,000 t . . 



26, 161, 181, 196, 279, 310, 355, 357, 368, 402, 420, 
469, 472, 475, 599, 608, 619, 736, 759, 813, 837, 
842. 



Grade Year Reference 

0.072% Mo, 0.06% Cu 1983 736 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:250,000. 

Sem Antonio Ranch, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320230005. 

USGS MRDS number M030038. 



Comments: Eighty percent of resotirce is in the quartz porphyry intrusive. 



'The Nevada Moly Mine indeflnitely suspended operations in Jemuary 1985 because of poor market conditions. 



142 



NEVADA SCHEELITE— TUNGSTEN 



Alternate names: Leonard Mine 



Commodities: W, Cu, Mo 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Mineral. 

Mining district Regent-Rawhide. 

Elevation 1,565 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 58 km northeast of Hawthorne. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 1, T 13 N, R 32 E. 

Latitude 39-01 '00" N. 

Longitude 118n9'30" W. 



Owner-operator Natural Resources Development Ltd., Reno, NV (subsidiary of NRD Mining, Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada) (1982). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Shear zone, replacement. 

Origin Contact metasomatic, hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, irregular. 

Ore controls Contact zone, lithology. 

Strike and dip of N 25" E: 80° E. 
mineralized zone. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 2,000. 

Width 20. 

Mineral names Scheelite, wollastonite, garnet, pyrite, 

chalcopyrite, molybdenite, magnetite, epidote, calcite. 



Host formation Luning. 

Geologic age Triassic. 

Rock relationships Granite, lies along ore, lies over 

ore. 

Skam (tactite), is ore. 

Limestone, lies along ore, replaced 
by ore. 

Homfels, lies along ore, near ore. 

Tuff, near ore. 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Overhand square set. 

Year of discovery 1930. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1937. 

Last production 1982. 

Past production 301,000 stu' of WO, (704). 



Distance to water supply . . . <10 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site; mill dismantled 1984. 

Product type WO, concentrate (65%). 

Distemce shipped 90 km by truck. 

Destination Fallon, NV (Kennametal). 



No published reserve-resource information. 



215, 275, 598, 704, 733, 740, 774. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Reno, 1:250,000. 

Big Kasock Mountain, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320210033. 

Mid number 2600614. 



'stu = short ton unit = 20 lb of contained WO,. 



143 



NORTHUMBERLAND— GOLD 



Alternate names: Cyprus Northumberland 
Ore body names: Chipmunk, Main 



Commodities: Au, Ag 
(Au-Ag ratio = 2:1) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



Coimty Nye. 

Mining district Northumberland. 

Elevation 2,600 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain National forest. 



General location About 120 km northeast of Tonopah. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 24, T 13 N, R 45 E (unsurveyed). 

Latitude 38°57'29" N. 

Longitude 116°50'44" W. 



Owner-operator Cyprus Northumberland Mining Co., Austin, NV (subsidiary of Amoco Metals Co., Englewood, CO) (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, stratabound, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular, relatively tabular or flat. 

Ore controls Faults, igneous contact, fractures, 

lithology. 

Strike of mineralized West-northwest. 

zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Late Cretaceous (84.6 million yr). 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions 

Length 1,100. 

Width 240. 

Thickness 18 to 21. 

Depth to 9 (Main). 

Mineral names Gold, arsenopyrite, pyrite, stibnite, 

realgar, orpiment, cinnabar, calcite, quartz, jasperoid, dolomite, 

barite, carbon. 



Host formations Vinini. 

Roberts Mountains. 

Geologic ages Ordovician. 

Silurian. 

Rock relationships Tuff, lies above ore. 

Carbonaceous shales, contains 

disseminated gold (Vinini). 
Calcareous siltstone, contains 

disseminated gold (Vinini). 
Jasperoid replaced limestone, 

portions are ore, lies above ore. 
Jursissic granitic intrusive, occurs 
as sills in host rocks, is 
mineralized. 

Alteration Silicification, argillic (Paleozoic), 

sericitic (intrusive). 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Conventional open pit; mine about 

4,500 t/d ore. 

Year of discovery 1936 flow-grade gold in district). 

Discovery method Surface sampling and drilling. 

Initial production Early 1981 (Cyprus-Amoco). 

Annual production rate . About 620 kg Au (20,000 tr oz). 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site, 3 wells at mill. 
Distance to power supply . . . On-site, diesel electric generator. 

Mill location Off-site, 14 km. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Cyanide heap leach, carbon adsorption 

columns, stripping, electro-winning, 

smelting. 
Process rate Crusher— 4,500 t/d (5,000 ton/d), 

5d/wk. 
Product t3rpe Au-Ag dore bullion. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



l..Proven 6,000,000 tons 

2..Not reported in reference 17,000,000 tons 



60, 61, 207, 222, 232, 338, 357, 368, 403, 404, 405, 
461, 480, 539, 599, 601, 616, 623, 624, 630, 692, 
752, 761, 773, 831. 



0.065 tr oz/ton Au 1979 831 

0.045 tr oz/ton Au 1981 61 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:250,000. 

Northumberland Pass, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320230403. 

Mid number 2601661. 



Comments: Ore reportedly occurs in and adjacent to a thrust fault separating lower plate Roberts Mountains Formation from upper plate Vinini Forma- 
tion. Amoco 1983 operational plans were to mine the Main ore body to completion in 1985, then mine the Chipmunk ore body from 1985 to 
1993. The crusher is co-located with the ore bodies; crushed ore is hauled west to the leaching facility at the mouth of West Northumberlsmd 
Canyon in Big Smoky Valley. Ore heaps for leaching will be constructed at the rate of 5 to 6 per year. Heaps measure about 1,000 m long, 
46 m wide, and 6 m high. 



144 



NYCO— FLUORINE 



Alternate names: Spar #1-3 



Commodities: CaFi 



LOCATION-OWNEBSmP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Quinn Canyon Range. 

Elevation 2,560 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain National forest. 



General location About 117 km west of Pioche. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 34, T 3 N, R 55 E. 

Latitude 38°04'42" N. 

Longitude 115°46'05" W. 



Owner C. Solan, 33%; W. Stable, 33%; Don W. Terrill, 33% (1981). 

Operator Teledyne Wah Chang (subsidiary of Teledyne Industries, Los Angeles, CA) (1957). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fissure vein, breccia fill. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Lenticular. 

Ore controls Faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 80° E: 49° N. 

mineralized zone. 
Minercdized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 91. 

Width 91. 

Thickness 9. 

Mineral names Fluorite, sericite, kaolinite, quartz, pyrite. 



Host formation Shingle Pass Tuff. 

Geologic age Tertiary. 

Rock relationships Tuff, ore in fractures. 

Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Year of discovery 1950. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1951. 

Last production Undetermined. 

Past production 998 t. 



Road requirement <10 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



281, 283, 357, 545, 604, 733, 815, 816. 



USGS quad maps Lund, 1:250,000. 

USBM sequence number 0320230201. 



145 



OVERTON— MAGNESITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: MgO 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



Coimty Clark. 

Mining district Overton. 

Elevation 463 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 

Owner Laura Gentry, Las Vegas, NV (1983). 

Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, lenticular. 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 20° W: 34° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 3,000. 

Width 18. 

Thickness 90. 

Depth 12. 

Mineral names Magnesite, quartz, feldspar, 

plagioclase, dolomite. 



General location About 20 km southeast of Moapa. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 34, T 16 S, R 67 E. 

Latitude 36°30'05" N. 

Longitude 114°29'04" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation Horse Spring. 

Geologic age Tertiary. 

Rock relationships Siltstone, lies under ore. 

Dolomite, replaced by ore, gangue. 

Siltstone, lies over ore. 

Conglomerate, lies over ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. Distance to water supply . 

Type of operation Surface. Road requirement 

Mining method Open pit. Distance to power supply . 

Mill location 

Year of discovery 1915. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production Unknown. 

Last production Unknown. 

Past production Small— data not available. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



<3 km. 
None. 
<10 km. 
No mill. 



Class 



Quantity 



l..Not reported in reference 850,000 tons' 

2.. Do 3,700,000 tons' 

3.. Do 5,100,000 tons' 



266, 386. 



Grade 



Year Reference 



38% MgO (minimum) 1936 266 

34% MgO (minimum) 1936 266 

30% MgO (minimum) 1936 266 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Las Vegas, 1:250,000. 

Overton, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320030011. 



'In beds 6 in. or more thick. Tonnages are cumulative. 



146 



P ft 8-BARITE 



Alternate names: Old Soldier Mine 



Commodltiea: BaSO« 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining diitrict Northumberland. 

Elevation 2,440 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain National forest. 

Owner Standard Slag Co., Reno, NV (1983). 



IVpe of ore body Stratiform. 

Origin Sedimentation, metamorphism. 

Shape of ore body Lenticular, 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 45° E: 16° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 160. 

Width 135. 

Thickness 36. 

Depth 50. 

Mineral names Barite. 



General location About 62 km southeast of Austin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 14, T 13 N, R 46 E. 

Latitude 3e'68'll'' N. 

Longitude 116<'62'47" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation Pinecone. 

Geologic age Middle Devonian. 

Rock relationships Chert, encloses ore, gangue. 

' Quartzite, encloses ore, gangue. 
\ Siltstone, encloses ore, gangue. 
\ Shale, encloses ore, gangue. 
' Dacite, near ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1961. 

Discovery method Unknown. 

Initial production 1977. 

Last production 1985. 

Past production 713,782 t ore (1978-80) (16). 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distftnce to power supply . . . <100 km. 

Mill location Fallon, NV. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Flotation. 

Process rate 130 t/d. 

Product type Crushed barite. 

Distance shipped 695 km. 

Destination Bakersfield, CA. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



16, 87, 338, 357, 368, 546, 623, 624. 



USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:250,000. 

Jet Springs, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320230716. 

Mid number 2600823. 



147 



PAN AMERICAN-LEAO-ZfNC 



Alternate names; St. Patrick Mining Co. 



Commodities: Zn, Pb, Ag, 
Au, Mn, Fe 



County Lincoln. 

Mining district Comet. 

Elevation 1,964 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Mixed. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Resco International, Houston, TX (1983). 



GEOLOGY 

TVpe of ore body Replacement, fissure vein. Host formation . . . 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. Geologic age 

Ore controls Bedding, faulting. Rock relationships . 

Strike and dip of North-south: 10° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 430. ^Size 

Width 200. 

Thickness 6. 

Depth 250. 

Mineral names Sphalerite, galena, psilomelane, pyrolusite. 



About 16 km southwest of Pioche. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 9, T 1 S, R 66 E. 

37°52'16" N. 

114«36'19" W. 



Combined Metals Member of Pioche 

Shale. 
Lower Cambrian. 
Shale, lies over ore, near ore. 
Limestone, lies over ore, replaced 

by ore. 
Lamprophyre, lies along ore, lies 

over ore. 
Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Room and pillar. 

Year of discovery 1929. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. ' 

Initial production 1947. 

Last production 1978. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill location 



On-site. 

None. 

On-site. 

Pan American ore was concentrated 

at the Caselton mill diving its 

last period of production. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



l..Provon' , 



Quantity 
2,196,000 tons . 



168, 216, 274, 322, 720, 721, 724, 791. 



Grade 
Pb, 1.17%; Zn, 2.45%; Ag, 2.07% (sic) 
REFERENCES 

USCtS quad maps 



Year Reference 
1982 168 



USBM sequence number 
USGS MRDS number . . . 
Mid number 



Caliente, 1:250,000. 
Bennett Pass, 7.5'. 
0320170045. 
M032032. 
02600229. 



'Reserves listed under St. Patrick Mining Co., Inc. 



148 



PHELPS-STOKES— IRON 



Alternate names: Iron Mountain Claims, Stokes Iron Mine, 
Phelps-Stokes Iron Deposit 



Commodities: Fe 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Gabbs. 

Elevation 1,865 m. 

Topography Gentle. 

Domain Mixed, private. 



General location About 80 km northeast of Hawthorne. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 21, T 12 N, R 37 E. 

Latitude 38°53'14" N. 

Longitude 117°49'45" W. 



Owner Grace Church; Standard Slag Co., Reno, NV (1975). 

Operator Standard Slag Co. (1975). 



GEOLOGY 



TVpe of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Contact metasomatic. 

Shape of ore body Irregular. 

Ore controls Faulting, lithology, contact zone. 

Strike and dip of N 75° W: 60° N. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 550. 

Width 61. 

Thickness 122. 

Mineral names Magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, hematite, 

gypsum, chlorite, sericite, actinolite, phlogopite, kaolin, calcite, 
augite, quartz, feldspar. 



Host formation Liming. 

Geologic age Upper Triassic. 

Rock relationships Shale, lies above ore. 

Dolomite, encloses ore. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Ciirrent status Inactive-psist producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Yeeo- of discovery 1902. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1949. 

Last production 1957. 

Past production : 1,200,000 t shipping grade ore and 

concentrates (454). 



Distance to water supply. 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply. 



<10 km. 
None. 
<50 km. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



357, 368, 454, 580, 750. 



USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:250,000. 

Paradise Peak, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320230155. 



149 



PINSON— GOLD 



Alternate names: Ogee-Pinson 



Commodities: Au, Ag, 
Hg (recovered byproduct) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Humboldt. 

Mining district Potosi. 

Elevation 1,600 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 64 km northeast of Winnemucca. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 32, T 38 N, R 42 E. 

Latitude 41°07'45" N. 

Longitude 117°17'30" W. 



Owner . . . 
Operator . 



J. S. Livermore, P. E. Galli, D. M. Duncan (21%); Lacana Mining, Inc. (26.25%); Rayrock Mines, Inc. (26.6%); United 

Siscoe Mines, Inc. (26.26%); all of Toronto, ON, Canada (1986). 
Pinson Mining Co., Winnemucca, NV (1985). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, breccia fill, replacement 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting, fractures, lithology. 

Strike and dip of Northeast; 40° to 50° E. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Late Cretaceous (90 million yr). 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 370. 

Width 130 (downdip). 

Thickness 66. 

Depth About 6. 

Mineral names Gold, quartz, chalcedony, pyrite, 

marcasite, sericite, kaolinite, calcite, jasper, cinnabar. 



Host formation 


. . . . Comus. 


Geologic age 


Ordovician. 


Rock relationships 


. . . . Thin-bedded siltstone and limestone. 




contains lower grade ore. 




Massive limestone, replaced by ore. 




lies above ore. 




Jasperoid breccia, replaces lime- 




stone above, is ore (m^or host). 




Andesite dikes, near ore (altered 




to clay). 




Phyllitic shale, lies beneath ore 




and is fault footwall (Cambrian 




Preble Formation). 


Alteration 


. . . . Silicification (ore zone), seriti- 




zation (wallrock), oxidation. 


Size 


.... Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current itatui Active-producer, exploration. 

Type of operation Surface, 

Mining method Open pit; about 1,200 t/d ore 

and 17,000 t/d waite mined. 

Year of diMOvery 1946; again in 1B71. 

DlKOvery method 1946— outcrop; 1971 -geological 

inference and drilling. 



Initial production 
Part production . , 



Annual production rate 



CUus 



January 1961 (milling); late 

1982 (heap leaching), Expected 

mine life is 10 yr. 
About 91,000 t ore, shipped to 

Getchell Mine (1949-60) {318). 
110,440 t ore mined (1980) (16). 
340,937 t ore milled; 1,763.3 kg 

Au recovered (1981) (372). 
460,663 t ore milled; 2,200 kg Au 

recovered (1982) (372). 
1,700 kg Au recovered (1983) (523); 

1,900 kg Au forecast (1984) (623). 
About 1,741 kg Au (56,000 tr oz). 



Distance to water supply , , , <10 km. 

Road requirement <1 km. 

Distance to power eupply ... <1 km (road and power line to 

Oetchell Mine runi vei^ near 
Plnton). 

Mill location On-iite. 

Mill status Active, 

Milling method Cyanide heap leach. Cyanide pre- 

treatment, carbon column-agitated 
leach, CIP, electrolysis, smelting. 

Process rate 1,360 t/d (1,600 ton^d) (1983). 

Product type Dore bullion bars; 34 to 41 kg each, 

960 to 976 flne (mercury recovery 
is 0.9 kg per cathode, 12 to 14 
cathodes are refined per shift). 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



L.Indicated 3,245,000 tons , 

2.. Do 5,000,000 tons , 

3..Proven 3,000,000 tons , 

Do 2,400,000 tons , 



16, 47, 79, 83, 90, 173, 204, 269, 285, 290, 292, 318, 
372, 378, 412, 436, 439, 443, 482, 523, 526, 664, 655, 
560, 561, 566, 578, 640, 662, 667, 713, 770, 773, 801. 



0.105 tr oz/ton Au (diluted mill grade) 1980 640 

0.025 tr oz/ton Au Oeach grade) 1980 664 

0.093 tr oz/ton Au (mill grade) 1983 667 

0.026 tr oz/ton Au Geach grade) 1983 667 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:250,000. 

Osgood Mountains, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320130220. 

Mid number 2601597. 



Conmients: Two pits are planned for development. Huttl (292) reports 3,760 t ore assaying 6.38 g/t Au was produced at the Ogee-Pinson. Original rated 
mill capacity in 1980 weis 907 t/d (1,000 ton/d). In 1983, exploration drilling resulted in additional indicated resource along the mineral zone 
extension. The new discovery is fairly deep and narrow. 



150 

PIUTE— IRON 

Alternate names: None Commodities: Fe 

LOCATION-OWNERSHP 

County Pershing. General location About 20 km southeast of Lovelock. 

Mining district Wildhorse. Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Elevation 1,207 m. Tract Sec. 25, T 25 N, R 32 E. 

Topography Gentle. Latitude 40°00'30" N. 

Domain Tederal. Longitude 118°20'30" W. 

Owner C. W. Hunley, 60%; E. L. and H. C. Stephenson, 30%; R. W. and L. M. Belanger, 10% (1975). 

GEOLOGY 

T^pe of ore body Breccia fill, replacement, disseminated. Host formation Star Peak Group. 

Origin Contact metasomatic. Geologic age Triassic. 

Shape of ore body Pipelike. Rock relationships Breccia, replaced by ore, ore in 

Ore controls Fracturing. fractures. 

Minereilized zone aver- Andesite, encloses ore. 

age dimensions, m: Marble, replaced by ore. 

Depth 230. Size Large. 

Mineral names Magnetite, pyrite, calcite, alabanite. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-explored prospect. Distance to water supply. . . >10 km. 

Type of operation Possible surface. Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . <10 km. 

Year of discovery 1952. 

Discovery method Geophysical anomaly. 

Past production None. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

No published reserve-resource information.' 

REFERENCES 

329, 454. USGS quad maps Lovelock, 1:250,000. 

Lovelock, 15'. 
USBM sequence number . . . 0320270382. 
USGS MRDS number M060441. 

Comments: Southern Pacific Land Co. ovtrns adjacent odd numbered sections. 



'Moore reports (454) ". . .an enormous quantity of material containing more than 20 percent iron, a very large quantity averaging more than 30 
percent iron, and substantial quantity containing more than 50 percent iron." 



151 



PREBLE— GOLD 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Humboldt. 

Mining district Potosi. 

Elevation 1,430 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 27 km due east of Winnemucca. 

Meridian Moimt Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 18, T 36 N, R 41 E. 

Latitude 40°58'23" N. 

Longitude 117°24'00" W. 



Owner D. M. Duncan, P. E. Galli, J. S. Livemore, 21%; Lacana Mining, Inc., 26.26%; United Siscoe Mines, Inc., 26.25%; 

Rayrock Mines, Inc., 26.5%; all of Toronto, ON, Canada (1985). 
Operator Pinson Mining Co., Winneucca, NV (1985). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothennal, shear zone. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting, lithology. 

Strike and dip of Northeast: 30° SE. 
mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Late Cretaceous. 

Mineredized zone aver- 
age dimensions (main 
ore body), m: 

Length 300. 

Thickness 96. 

Excavation depth . . . 360 (planned). 

Mineral names (Sold, pyrite, clay, limonite, 

geothite, lepidocrocite, quartz, chalcopyrite. 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1972. 

Discovery method Float and outcrop chip sampling; 

geochemical. 

Initial production Fourth quarter 1984. 

Annual production rate . 330,000 t ore anticipated. 



Host formation Preble. 

Geologic age Cambrian. 

Rock relationships Massive limestone, replaced by ore, 

gangue. 
Carbonaceous calcareous shale, re- 
placed by ore, gangue (principal 
host). 
Dolomite, in area, but not associ- 
ated with gold. 
Andesite sills (altered to clay), 
lies beneath ore, lies between 
ore horizons. 
Granodiorite, near ore. 

Alteration Silicification, oxidation. 

Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Mill location Pinson Mine and on-site heap leach. 

Mill status Pinson mill active. 

Milling method Pinson is carbon column, agitated 

leach, CIP. 

Process rate See Pinson abstract. 

Product type Ore. 

Distance shipped About 24 km by truck. 

Destination Pinson mill. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



L.Indicated 1,340,000 tons . 

2..Not reported in reference 1,242,000 tons . 

3.. Do 1,800,000 tons . 



175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 198, 204, 372, 435, 
439, 443, 482, 554, 560, 561, 578, 611, 640, 770, 
801. 



Grade Year Reference 

0.08 tr oz/ton Au fleach grade) 1980 554 

0.073 tr oz/ton Au 1983 372 

0.062 tr oz/ton Au 1984 770 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

(jolconda, 7.5'. 
USBM sequence number 0320130443. 



Comments: The mineralized zone can be traced for at least 1,200 m along strike. 



152 



PRINCE— LEAD-ZINC 



Alternate names: Virginia Louise, Davidson (Prince Consolidated Mining Co.) 



Commodities; Zn, Pb, Ag, 
Au, Mn 



County Lincoln. 

Mining district Pioche. 

Elevation 1,780 m. 

Topography Gentle. 

Domain Mixed. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner. 



Prince Consolidated Mining Co., Pioche, NV (1983). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement, fissure vein. 

Oirigin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding, faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 20° W: 15° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 380. 

Width Unknown. 

Thickness 13. 

Mineral names Cerussite, anglesite, hemimorphite, 

braunite, pyrolusite, goethite, limonite, hematite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Size. 



About 4 km southwest of Pioche. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 33, T 1 N, R 67 E. 

37°54'04" N. 

114°28'23" W. 



Lyndon Limestone. 
Middle Cambrian. 
Limestone, encloses ore, ore in 

fractures. 
Shale, lies under ore, lies along 

ore. 
Quartzite, lies under ore, lies 

along ore. 
Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer 

Type of operation Underground-glory hole. 

Year of discovery 1869. 

Discovery method ...... Ore mineral In place. 

Initial production 1870. 

Last production 1949. 

Paat production 1,112,000 t ore averaging 102.8 g/t 

Ag; 1.03 g/t Au; 3% Pb; 4% Zn; and 

12% Mn (724). 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill location 



<3km. 
None. 
On-site, 
No mill. 



No published reserve-resource Information,' 



216, 274, 322, 333, 720, 721, 724, 791. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps . . . . 



USBM sequence number 
USGS MRDS number . . . 



Caliente, 1:260,000. 
Pioche, 7.6'. 
0320170023. 
D000023. 



'Much oxidized ore is reported as remaining; however, no published estimate is available. 



153 



PUMPKIN HOLLOW— IRON 



Alternate names: Lyon Copper-Iron Deposits, Lyon Claims 

Ore body names: Northwest Deposit, North Deposit, South Deposit, East Deposit, E-2 Deposit 



Commodities: Fe, Cu, Au, 
Ag 



County Lyon. 

Mining district Unorganized. 

Elevation 1,428 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed. 



LOCATION-OWNERSmP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



About 68 km southeast of Carson City. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 3, T 12 N, R 26 E. 

38°56'25" N. 

119°03'03" W. 



Owner U.S. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (1984). 

Plexus Resources Co., Salt Lake City, UT (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



TVpe of ore body Replacement, disseminated. 

Otigin Contact metasomatism, hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Contact zone, lithology, faulting. 

Strike and dip of Northeasterly: steeply northwest. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 853. 

Width 610. 

Thickness 114. 

Depth 107. 

Mineral names Magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, 

chalcopyrite, actinolite, hedenbergite, diopside, calcite, chlorite, 
epidote, tremolite, garnet, talc, serpentine, quartz, bomite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size . 



Metasedimentary rocks. 
Triassic. 

Limestone, replaced by ore. 
Shale, replaced by ore. 
Chert, replaced by ore. 
Skam (tactite), is ore, gangue. 
Marble, replaced by ore, gangue. 
Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-explored. 

Type of operation Prospect. 

Year of discovery 1960. 

Discovery method Geophysical einomaly. 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 



>10km. 
<10 km. 
<50 km. 



Past production None. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade 

L.Not reported in reference 250,000,000 long tons 40% Fe, 0.3% Cu 

REFERENCES 



Year Reference 
1969 771 



360, 453, 454, 668, 695, 771. 



USGS quad maps 



USBM sequence number 
USGS MRDS number . . . 



Walker Lake, 1:250,000. 
Yerington, 15'. 
0320190181. 
W016414. 



Comments: The Pumpkin Hollow deposits contain 6 discrete ore bodies. 



164 



QUEEN LODE-BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaSOt 



County Elko. 

Mining district Bootstrap. 

Elevation 1,860 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 



Meridian . 

Tract 

Latitude . . 
Longitude . 



About 67 km southeast of Battle 

Mountain. 
Mount Diablo. 
Sec. 27, T 37 N, R 49 E. 
41 •0319" N. 
H6''26'50". 



Owner NL Baroid-NL Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (1986). 

Operator Tom Norris Construction (mining contractor), Battle Mountain, NV (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Sedimentation, hydrothermal (sub- 
marine hot springs). 

Shape of ore body Tabular, massive, irregular. 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 30° E: 65° N. 

minerftlized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 300. 

Width 90. 

Thickness 6. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Current status Inactive-past producer (standby). 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1938. 

Discovery method Ore minerad in place. 

Initial production 1976. 

Last production 1982. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Size 



Vinini. 

Ordovician. 

Chert, encloses ore, gangue. 

Siltstone, encloses ore, gangue. 

Shale, encloses ore, gangue. 

Conglomerate, encloses ore, gangue. 

Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distemce to power supply , 

Mill location 

Mill status 

Milling method 

Product type 

Destination 



On-site. 
None. 

Mine— on-site generation. 
Mill— on-site commercial supply. 
Dunphy Siding, 48 km south of mine. 
Standby. 

Flotation, grinding. 
Fine ground barite. 
Alaska, West Coast, and inter- 
mountain markets. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



No published reserve-resource information. 



77, 95, 123, 226, 278, 392, 546, 669, 688, 
775, 778, 796. 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:250,000. 

Santa Renia Fields, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070364. 

Mid number 2601148. 



Comments: The Queen Lode is mined in coi^unction with the Rossi (Sage Hen). 



155 



RAIN-GOLD 



Ore body names: Main, Southeaet Extension 



Commodities; Au, Ag 
(Au-Ag ratio = 10-20:1) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Carlin. 

Elevation 2,070 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Possibly private. 



General location About 14 km southeast of Carlin. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 3, T 31 N, R 63 E. 

Sec. 33, T 32 N, R 53 E. 

Latitude 40°36'35" N. 

Longitude 116°00'25" W. 



Owner Newmont Mining Corp., New York, NY (1985). 

Operator Carlin Gold Mining Co., Carlin, NV (subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corp.) (1985). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Epithermal, disseminated, sediment-hosted. 

Origin Hydrothermal, epithermal. 

Shape of ore body West-northwest elongate manto. 

Ore controls Faulting, fracturing, lithology 

(minor). 

Strike and dip of N 30° to 40° W: dip southwest 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length About 730. 

Thickness 110 (maiximum). 

Depth 46. 

Mineral names Gold, quartz, barite, limonite, 

manganese oxides, hematite, jarosite, calcite, illite, kaolinite. 



Host formation Webb. 

Geologic age Mississippian. 

Rock relationships Jasperoid breccia, contains ore. 

Siltstone and breccia, contains ore. 

Sandstones, contains ore. 

Shales, contains ore. 

Alteration Silicification, oxidation, argilli- 

zation, baritization, bleaching. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-exploration, feasibility, standby. 

Type of operation Surface 

Mining method Proposed open pit. 

Yetir of discovery 1980. 

Discovery method Geochemical-rock chip sample, 

drilling. 

Initial production Pending development; possibly 1990's. 

Past production None. 



Mill location Likely will be co-located with mine. 

Mill status No mill. 

Milling method Cyanide heap leach probable. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



l..Not reported in reference 8,300,000 tons 

Above contains 3,400,000 tons , 



27, 59, 61, 90, 118, 224, 226, 319, 350, 363, 511, 581, 
663, 664, 665, 669. 



Grade 



Year Reference 



0.083 tr oz/ton Au (ore in-place) 1983 511 

0.147 tr oz/ton Au 1983 511 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Winnemucca, 1:250,000. 

Dixie Flats, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320070271. 



Comments: Development of the Rain deposit is expected to recommence after Gold Quarry goes into production. Further drilling may disclose greater 
reserves as the ore body is reportedly open at depth and to the east. Ore is in fractures and occurs in the axis of a regional north-northwest 
plunging antiform. At Rain, the antiform is marked by a high-angle reverse fault trending west-northwest and dipping steeply southwest. 



156 



RAINBOW— FLUORINE 



Alternate names: Bruno Prospect, Fluorspar Corp. of America, Hope 



Commodities; CaF, 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Quinn Canyon Range. 

Elevation 2,042 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 117 km west of Pioche. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 1, T 2 N, R 54 E. 

Latitude 30°03'47" N. 

Longitude 115°51'17" W. 



Owner. 



Wesley Koyen, Alamo, NV (Rainbow and Emerald Claims); Ed Slavin, Tonopah, NV (Bruno Claims) (1981). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fissure vein. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Lenticular. 

Ore controls Faulting, igneous. 

Strike and dip of N 20° E: 40° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 2,414. 

Width 805. 

Thickness 30. 

Mineral names Fluorite, quartz. 



Ciurent status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Surface open stope. 

Year of discovery 1941. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1945. 

Last production 1946. 

Past production 181 t (545). 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size . 



Volcanic rocks undivided. 

Tertiary. 

Tuff, ore in fractures. 

Rhyolite, ore in fractures. 

Dacite, ore in fractures. 

Latite. 

Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 



<10 km. 
<50 km. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



281, 283, 357, 368, 545, 604, 733, 815, 816. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence number 



Lund, 1:250,000. 
0320230200. 



157 



RELIEF CANYON— GOLD 



Alternate names: (site of) Emerald Spar Fluorite deposit 



Commodities: Au, Ag, 
CaF, (nonrecoverable) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Pershing. 

Mining district Relief-Antelope Springs. 

Elevation 1,646 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Mixed, Federal, private lease. 



General location About 24 km east of Lovelock. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 16, T 27 N, R 34 E. 

Latitude 40°12'16" N. 

Longitude 118°10'13" W. 



Owner-operator 



Lacana Mining Corp., Toronto, ON, Canada (1985). 

(The development of the property is a joint venture; Lacana's partner is unknown.) 



GEOLOGY 



Tjrpe of ore body Disseminated epithermal gold, 

stratabound. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular triangular wedge or 

bell-shape in plan. 

Ore controls Faulting, lithology. 

Age of mineralization . . . Unknown, possibly from Late 
Cretaceous to Late Tertiary. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 730. 

Width 550. 

Thickness to >30. 

(deposit open to the southwest) 

Mineral names Native gold or electrum, quartz, pyrite, 

sericite, hematite, fluorspar, jasperoid, clay. 



Host formations 

GSeologic age 

Rock relationships 


Grass Valley. 

Natchez Pass (Cane Springs). 
. . . . Late Triassic. 
. . . . Argillite, quartzite, siltstone. 


Alteration 

Size 


shale (Grass Valley), adjacent and 

above principal ore zone. 
Jasperoid breccia zone, contains 

ore. 
Carbonaceous dolomitic limestone, 

minor shale and siltstone (Natchez 

Pass), adjacent and below principal 

ore zone. 
Jasperoid silicification, argillic, 

iron staining, intense oxidation. 
. . . . Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

IVpe of operation Surface. 

Mining method Conventional open pit; mine 4,600 t/d 

ore, and about 6,400 t/d waite, 

Year of dlwovery 1979-82. 

Diieovery method Mapping, gtream ledlment (ampling, 

drilling by Duval Corp, 

Initial production September-Oetober 1984, 

Pait production None. 

Annual production rate . 762 kg (24,600 tr oz) Au, 



Distance to water supply , , , 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply , , , 

Mill location , , , , 

Mill itatuB 

Milling method 



Proceii rate 



<6km, 
<6km, 
<6km, 
On-eite, 
Active, 
Agglomeration, sodium cyanide heap 

leach, carbon column recovery. 
About 4,600 t/d. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



CUus 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



l,.Not reported in reference 7,000,000 tons . 

2,. Do' 8,000,000 tons , 



3.. Do* 



9,000,000 tons . 



0.042 tr oz/ton Au 

0.04 tr oz/ton Au (diluted ore; stripping 

ratio = 1.6:1). 
0.032 tr oz/ton Au (stripping ratio = 2:1) 

REFERENCES 



1983 
1983 

1984 



630 
199 

668 



90, 199, 224, 329, 331, 496, 626, 630, 668, 662, 766, 
810. 



USGS quad maps Lovelock, 1:260,000, 

Buffalo Mountain, 16'. 
USBM sequence number 0320270720. 



Comments: Gold is in and near jasperoid silicification principally within a sedimentary breccia at the contact between the above 2 host formations. 



'Resource is referred to as preliminary pit plan diluted reserves. 
'Resource is referred to as minable reserves. 



158 



RIDGE 71 29— ZINC 



Alternate names: Gibellini, Bisoni Properties 



Commodities: Zn, V, Mo, 
Se, oil shale 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Fish Creek. 

Elevation 2,164 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Unknown. 



LOCATION-OWNERSmP 

Greneral location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner. 



Maynard and Lester Bisoni; Noranda Exploration, Inc., Lakewood CO (1979). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Sedimentation, oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Irregular. 

Ore controls Lithology. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length >600. 

Width 300. 

Thickness 60. 

Depth Surface. 

Mineral names Sphalerite, metahewettite, molybdenite, 

kerogen. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size. 



About 37 km southwest of Eureka. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 3, T 15 N, R 52 E. 

39° 12 '30" N. 

116°05'34" W. 



Woodruff. 

Devonian. 

Mudstone, encloses ore. 

Siltstone, encloses ore. 

Chert, nejir ore. 

Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-explored. 

Type of operation Possible underground. 

Year of discovery Unknown. 

Discovery method Drilling, trenching. 

Initial production No production. 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 
Mill location 



Unknown. 
<10 km. 
<50 km. 
No mill. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



112, 333, 593. 



Comments; Assay results: Unoxidized rock, 

ppm 
V . . . . 3,000- 7,000 
Zn ... 4,000-18,000 
Se.... 30- 200 
Mo . . . 70- 960 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence number 

Oxidized rock, 

ppm 

6,000-8,000 

30- 100 

200- 400 

30- 80 



Millett, 1:250,000. 
Cockalorum Wash, 15'. 
0320110222. 



Fresh black rock yielded as much as 12 gal/ton (50 L/t) syncrude oil (112). 



159 



ROBINSON DISTRICT— COPPER 



Includes: New Ruth Pit, Ruth-Kimberly, Veteran-Tripp Open Pit, 
Veteran-Tripp Underground, Veteran-Tripp Lo-Grade 



Commodities: Cu, Mo, Ag, 
Au, platinum group 
metals 



County White Pine. 

Mining district Robinson. 

Elevation 1,920 to 2,320 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner-operator Kennecott Copper Corp., Salt Lake City, UT (1984). 

GEOLOGY 

Type of ore body Disseminated, replacement, vein Host formation . . . 

supergene, stockwork. Geologic age 

Origin Hydrothermed, oxidation, replacement. Rock relationships . 

Shape of ore body Irregular, massive. 

Ore controls Igneous, fracturing, lithology. 

District dimensions: 

Length 19 km. 

Width 14 km. 

Depth to 500 m. Size 

Mineral neunes Chalcopyrite, bomite, molybdenite, 

argentite, pyrite, chalcocite, cerussite, calcite, fluorite, pyrolusite, 

braunite, hemimorphite, smithsonite, native gold, scheelite, hematite, 

jeu:t)site, malachite, azurite, cuprite, native copper, chalcanthite. 



About 10 km west of Ely. 

Mount Diablo. 

T 16 N, R 62-63 E. 

39 "15 '20" N. 

114 "67 '69" W. 



Various (18 formations). 

Ordovician-Tertiary. 

Various sedimentary, encloses ore, 

replaced by ore. 
Quartz monzonite, encloses ore, 

is ore. 
Metamorphosed and/or altered 

sedimentary, encloses ore, is ore. 
Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit, underground. 

Year of discovery 1867. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1870. 

Last production 1978. 

Past production Greater than 204 million t ore. 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 

Mill location 

Mill status 

Milling method 

Process rate 



On-site. 

None. 

On-site. 

McGill, 32 km. 

Inactive. 

Flotation. 

19,972 t/d. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



No published reserve-resource information.' 



REFERENCES 



1, 17, 37, 38, 39, 127, 264, 280, 284, 293, 294, 321, 341, 
374, 419, 432, 438, 556, 674, 792, 806, 819, 820, 821, 
825, 826. 



USGS quad maps 



Ely, 1:250,000. 
Ruth, 7.5'. 



*In 1976, Kennecott Copper Corp. reported that 454,000 t of copper could be recovered from 82,554,000 t ore averaging 0.67% Cu (792). 



160 



ROCHESTER— SILVER 



Alternate names: Silver State, Nenzel Hill 



Commodites: Ag, Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Pershing. 

Mining district Rochester. 

Elevation 1,829 m. 

Topography Hilly, rugged. 

Domain Mixed; private, BLM administered 

(4 patented claims and 20 
unpatented lode claims). 



General location About 30 km northeast of Lovelock. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 15, 16, 21, 22, T 28 N, R 34 E. 

Latitude 40°17'23" N. 

Longitude 118"'12'00" W. 



Owner Royal Apex Silver, Inc., Wallace, ID (Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. owns 49.8% of Royal Apex) (1983). 

Operator Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp., Wallace, ID, lessee (acquired 85% of net operating property); ASARCO, Inc., 

New York, NY, holds a small royalty interest (1985). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, stockwork. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, irregular. 

Ore controls Faults, fractures. 

Strike of mineralized Northeast. 

zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Late Cretaceous (70 to 80 million yr). 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,150. 

Width 750. 

Thickness to >200. 

Depth 0, 

Mineral names Argentian tetrahedrite, chlorargyrite, 

silver, acanthite, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, electrum, 

pyrite (95% of sulfides), quartz, sericite (numerous others). 



Host formation 


. . . . Koipato Group (Weaver, Rochester 




Limerick Formations). 


Geologic age 


Permian-Triassic. 


Rock relationships 


. . . . Rhyolite ash-flow tuffs, volcani- 




elastics, contains veins and 




disseminated silver (Weaver 




Formation). 




Rhyolite flows and tuffs, contains 




veins and disseminated silver 




(Rochester Formation). 


Alteration 


. . . . Silicification, pyritization, 




sericitic, oxidation. 


Size 


. . . . Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status . . . 
Type of operation 
Mining method . . 

Year of discovery 

Initial production 
Lait production . . 
Post production , . 



Active-past producer, feasibility. 
Possible surface. 
Possible open pit. 

1912 (high-grade silver ore). 

1912. 

1951. 

District-- >2,e9S kg Au; 276,000 kg Ag; 

12.7 t Cu; 162 t Pb; 30 t Zn (329). 



Distance to water supply . , 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . . 



Unavailable. 
Unavailable. 
Unavailable. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



L.Probable 70,000,000 tons 1 

Possible 30,000,000 tons J 

2. .Not reported in reference 75,000,000 tons . . . 

3.. Do >100,000,000 tons . . . 

4..Indicated 88,300,000 tons. . . 



61, 74, 93, 94, 159, 323, 329, 362, 613, 662, 745, 
746, 756, 776, 777. 



Orade Year 

1.39 tr oz/ton Ag; 0.0072 tr oz/ton Au 1980 

1.5 tr oz/ton Ag 1981 

1 to 2 tr oz/ton Ag; "small amounts of Au" 1981 

1.5 tr oz/ton Ag; 0.007 tr oz/ton Au 1983 

REFERENCES 



Reference 

169 

61 
745 
94 



USGS quad maps Lovelock, 1:250,000. 

Unionville, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320270673. 



Comments: Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. purchased ASARCO's interest in the property in 1983. Mineral zone dimensions represent disseminated 
silver grade higher than 34 g/t (>1 oz/ton). From 1969-82, ASARCO reportedly spent $2.9 million in exploration costs on the property. 
Work in 1984 included large-scale leach testing and about 1,800 m of core drilling. In 1984, the drilling season expanded total mineral- 
ized material to 102.1 million t. 



161 



ROSSI— BARITE 



Alternate names: Sage Hen, Dunphy, National Lead Co. 



Commodities: BaSO^ 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Bootstrap. 

Elevation 1,770 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed; private and ELM administered 

public lands. 



General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



About 66 km southeast of Battle 

Mountain. 
Mount Diablo. 
Sec. 22, T 37 N, R 49 E. 
41°04'03" N. 
116°25'31" W. 



Owner NL Baroid-NL Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (1983). 

Operator Tom Norris Construction (mining contractor). Battle Mountain, NV (1983). 



GEOLOGY 



IVpe of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Sedimentation, hydrothermal (sub- 
marine hot springs). 

Shape of ore body Tabular, massive, irregular. 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 55° E: 60° N. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,800. 

Width Unknown. 

Thickness 10. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Barite, chert, witherite. 



Current status Inactive-past producer (standby). 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1937. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1947. 

Last production 1982. 

Past production ConHdential proprietary data. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Size . 



Vinini. 

Ordovician. 

Chert, encloses ore, gangue. 

Shale, near ore, gangue. 

Quartzite, near ore. 

Limestone, near ore. 

Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 



Mill location 
Mill status . . 



Milling method 

Product type . . 

Destination . . 



On-site. 

None. 

Mine — on-site generator. 

Mill— on-site commercial supply. 

Dunphy Siding, 48 km south of mine. 

Standby. 

Jigging, flotation, grinding. 
Finely groimd barite. 
Alaska, West Coast, and inter- 
mountain markets. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



No published reserve-resource information. 



71, 87, 95, 123, 226, 278, 392, 449, 546, 669, 688, 
775, 778, 796. 



REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:250,000. 

Santa Renia Fields, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070094. 

Mid number 2600397. 



Comments: The Rossi (Sage Hen) is mined in conjunction with the Queen Lode. 



162 



ROUND MOUNTAIN— GOLD 



Alternate names: Smoky Valley Mine, Round Mountain Common Operation 
Related names: Sunnyside Pit, Southeast Pit 



Commodities: Au, Ag 
(Au-Ag ratio s 1:2) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Round Mountain (Jefferson Canyon). 

Elevation 1,920 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. 



General location About 80 km north of Tonopah. 

Meridian Mount Diablo, 

Tract Sec. 19, T 10 N, R 44 E. 

Latitude 38°42'30" N. 

Longitude IIT'OS'OO" W. 



Owner Louisiana Land and Exploration Co. (LL & E), Lakewood, CO, 60%; Felmont Oil, New York, NY, 26%; Case, 

Pomeroy and Co., 26% (1984). (Echo Bay Mines Ltd., Edmonton, AB, Canada, bought LL & E's 60% interest subject 
to completion of deflnitive agreement, expected in January 1986.) 

Operator Smoky Valley Mining Division of Copper Range Co. (subsidiary of LL & E) (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, fissure vein, 

stockwork. 

Origin Hydrothermal, oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Unknown. 

Ore controls Fracturing, lithology. 

Strike and dip of Northwest: southwest. 

mineralized zone. 
Age of mineralization . . . Miocene (26 million yr). 
Mineralized area dimen- 
sions (excluding outly- 
ing placer areas), m: 

Length 1,800. 

Width 1,200. 

Thickness >760. 

(Disseminated zone is about 600 m wide and 1,700 m long.) 

Mineral names Electrum, auriferous pyrite, free 

gold, pyrite, limonite, adularia, quartz, fluorite, realgar, alunite, 
calcite. 



Principal host formation . . . Tertiary Volcanics (Jefferson 

Caldera). 

Geologic age Oligocene. 

Rock relationships Quaternary gravel, is ore (resource 

unknown). 
Densely welded rhyolite ignimbrite, 

is ore, in veins and stockwork. 
Poorly welded rhyolite ignimbrite, 
is ore, disseminated (contains 
largest ore reserves). 
Lithic tuff, is ore in veins. 
Shale, slate, quartzite (Ordo- 

vician), is ore in veins. 
Granite (Cretaceous Shoshone), is 
ore in veins. 

Alteration Sericitic, propylitic, eu-gillic, 

siliciflcation, oxidation. 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer, expansion 

feasibility. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit; with 1983 production rate 

of 9,000 t/d ore, 23,000 t/d waste. 

Year of discovery 1901 (district lode gold); 1906 

placer gold); 1979 (LL & E). 
Discovery method Ore mineral in place, drilling. 

Initial production 1906; again in 1976 (LL & E). 

Past production 16,700 kg Au (district) (1901-59) (422). 

7,493.6 kg Au and 3,940.2 kg Ag 
(1977-81) (.422). 

2,256.9 kg Au (1982). 

2,900 kg Au, 1,700 kg Ag (1983). 

3,100 kg Au planned (1984) (670). 



Distance to water supply . . . 13.7 km to stream frpm Jett Canyon. 

Road requirement About 1 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling niethod Cyanide heap leach, carbon adsorption, 

electrowinning, smelting. 

Pad process rate 48-d cycle, 9,000 t/d. 

Product type Dore bullion (2/3 Au, 1/3 Ag).' 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

L.Not reported in reference 11,617,000 tons 

2..Proven and probable 195,400,000 tons 

3..Indicated 228,300,000 tons 



46, 61, 83, 84, 90, 169, 187, 193, 196, 196, 301, 303, 
312, 357, 368, 378, 387, 388, 404, 408, 412, 416, 
422, 431, 447, 492, 550, 616, 620, 621, 622, 670, 
767, 795, 840. 



Grade 



Year Reference 



0.061 tr oz/ton Au, 0.07 tr oz/ton Ag 1974 412 

(original reserves, cutoff grade 0.02 tr oz Au). 
0.043 tr oz/ton Au, 0.023 tr oz/ton Ag (114,400,000 1981 388 

tons proven and 81,000,000 tons probable (undiluted). 
0.03715 tr oz/ton Au 1983 169 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:250,000. 

Round Mountain, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320230149. 

USGS MRDS number W001574. 

Mid number 2600594. 



Comments: A 36,000-t/d (40,000-ton/d) mill to attain 90% recovery of reserves is under study. Reserves reported in 1983 delineated from 1977 
through 1982. This reserve includes production in the intervening years. 



163 
RUBY HILL-ZINC 

Alternate names: Fad Shaft, Eureka Corporation Mine, Look Out Mine, CommoditieB: Zn, Au, Ag, 

Locan Shaft Pb 

LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

County Eureka. General location About 2 km west of Eureka. 

Mining district Eureka. Meridian Mount Diablo, 

Elevation 2,100 m. Tract Sec. 22, T 19 N, R 63 E. 

Topography Hilly. Latitude 39°30'21" N, 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. Longitude 116°69'02" W. 

Owner Richmond-Eureka Corp., Miami Beach, FL, 75%; Silver Eureka Corp., Toronto, ON, Canada, 26% (1966). 

(Sharon Steel Corp., Miami Beach, FL, owns 82% of Richmond-Eureka Corp.) 

GEOLOGY 

TVpe of ore body Replacement, breccia fill. Host formation Eldorado Dolomite. 

Origin Hydrothermal. Geologic age Mid-Cambrian. 

Shape of ore body Irregular, pipelike. Rock relationships Limestone, encloses ore, replaced 

Ore controls Faulting, fracturing, lithology. by ore. 

Strike and dip of N 40° W: 60° NE (Ruby Hill Fault); Dolomite, lies under ore. 

mineralized zone. N 90° E: 01° W (trend of deep Alteration Intense pyritic alteration. 

sulfides). Size Medium. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 600. 

Width 370. 

Thickness <245. 

Depth 730. 

Mineral names Pyrite, sphalerite, galena, smithsonite, 

cerrusite, arsenopyrite, argentite, gold. (Gold is present in pyrite and 
arsenopjrrite; silver is contained in solid solution with galena.) 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-standby; partially developed. Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Type of operation Underground. Road requirement Existing paved road. 

Mining method Cut and fill. Distance to power supply ... <5 km to on-site substation. 

Mill location On-site (building and infra- 
Year of discovery Late 1930's (deep sulfide ore body). structure). 

Discovery method Diamond drilling. Mill status Equipment removed. 

Initial production 1866 (Eiu-eka district). 

Last production 1964 (estimated). 

Past production None from deep sulfide deposit. 

PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade Year Reference 

l..Indicated 3,132,000 tons 0.16 tr oz/ton Au; 5.65 tr oz/ton Ag; 3.7% Pb; 8.3% Zn. 1982 168 

REFERENCES 

50, 84, 105, 152, 168, 238, 255, 256, 257, 261, 326, USGS quad maps Ely, 1:250,000. 

389, 450, 451, 518, 519, 520, 521, 593,.697, Eureka, 15'. 

722, 741. USBM sequence number 0320110093. 

USGS MRDS number M030021. 

Mid number 2600233. 

Comments: There has been no commercial production from the deep sulfide ore body. In 1975, a 245-t sample was taken for metallurgical testing. 
Excessive water and metallurgical problems have long hampered development of the deposit. 



164 



SANTA FE— GOLD 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Au, Ag 
(Au-Ag ratio = 1:15) 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Mineral. 

Mining district Santa Fe. 

Elevation 1,490 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 42 km east of Hawthorne. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 2, T 8 N, R 34 E. 

Latitude 38°35'05" N. 

Longitude 118°09'20" W. 



Owner Westley Mines Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada, 82%; Brican Resources Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada, 18%; (1984). 

Operator Lacana Mining Corp., Reno, NV (will earn 51% interest by late 1985 if presently held agreement conditions are met) 

(1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, epithermstl, 

replacement in breccia fill. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Irregular, pipelike. 

Ore controls Faulting, lithology. 

Strike and dip of N 30° to 40° W: 75° to 80° NE. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Miocene. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 530 to 1,100. 

Width 120. 

Thickness >300. 

Mineral names (jold, silver, pyrite, quartz, jasper, 

chalcedony, carbonaceous material, sericite, kaolinite, stibnite, 
hematite, barite, calcite. 



Host formations Guild Mine Member of Mickey Pass 

Tuff. 
Pamlico. 

Geologic ages Oliogocene. 

Triassic. 

Rock relationships Rhyodacite tuff (densely welded), 

above ore, encloses ore. 
Limestone (medium-grained), encloses 

ore, lies along ore, below ore. 
Jasperoid breccia, is ore. 

Alteration Silicification, carbonitization, 

sericitic. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-feasibility. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit proposed (300 m long by 

60 wide). 

Year of discovery Claims first staked early 1960's. 



Annual production rate 



590,000 t/a ore smticipated as 
minimum throughput. 



Distance to water supply . . . Unknown. 

Road requirement 0.8 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . Unknown. 

Mill location On-site (planned). 

Mill status Feasibility study-1983. 

Milling method Cyanide heap leach anticipated; 

small scale, on-site heap leaching 
was planned for 1984. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

L.Not reported in reference 4,360,000 tons 

2.. Do 5,000,000 tons (oxide) . 

4,500,000 tons (sulfide) 

3.. Do 7,000,000 tons (oxide) . 

4.. Do 6,900,000 tons (oxide) . 



Grade 



Year Reference 



0.082 tr oz/ton Au; 1.22 tr oz/ton Ag 1981 690 

0.04 tr oz/ton Au; 0.45 tr oz/ton Ag 1984 657 

0.066 tr oz/ton Au; 0.9 tr oz/ton Ag 1984 657 

0.041 tr oz/ton Au; 0.45 tr oz/ton Ag 1984 786 

0.048 tr oz/ton Au 1984 531 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Walker Lake, 1:250,000. 

Luning, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320210280. 

USGS MRDS number W016420. 

Comments: Gold and silver occur within a pyritic jasperoid replacement of brecciated carbonate and volcanic rocks. By December 1982, drilling had 
not defined bottom of minereilized pipe. In June 1983, Westley Mines Ltd. was carrying out feasibility studies into the development of an 
open pit mine using heap leach for metal recovery. 



86, 130, 196, 463, 503, 523, 531, 598, 650, 657, 
690, 786. 



165 



SILVER PEAK— LITHIUM 



Alternate names: Clayton Valley 



Commodities: LijCO, 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Esmeralda. 

Mining district Silver Peak. 

Elevation 1,300 m. 

Topography Flat. 

Domain BLM administered. 

Owner-operator Foote Minerals Co., Exton, PA (1985). 



TVpe of ore body Subsurface brine. 

Origin Hydrothermal, evaporation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Evaporation. 

Mineralized zone aver- Covers an area of 8,300 ha, 

age dimensions. up to 460 m thick. 

Mineral names Hectorite.' 



General location About 49 km southwest of Tonopah. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 22, T 2 S, R 39 E. 

Latitude 37°4510" N. 

Longitude 117°38'20" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation Esmeralda. 

Geologic age Tertiary. 

Rock relationships Evaporites, encloses brine. 

Clays, encloses brine. 

Silts, encloses brine. 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Wells. 

Mining method Solution mining. 

Year of discovery Early 1900's. 

Discovery method Drilling. 

Initial production 1966. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement On-site. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location Silver Peak. 

Mill status Operating. 

Milling method Solar evaporation; chemical 

precipitation. 

Process rate 1,200 t/a Li. 

Product type Lithium carbonate. 

Distance shipped 84 km from Silver Peak. 

Destination Sold f.o.b. bagging plant at Mina, NV. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



l..Possible 386,250,000 t 

2.. Demonstrated 45,000 tons . . . . 



8, 32. 109, 117, 146, 345, 369, 370, 371, 535, 542, 543, 
544, 595, 614, 638, 677, 747, 748, 804. 



0.02% Li 1978 345 

Li as LijCO, 1979 638 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Goldfield, 1:250,000. 

Silver Peak, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320090109. 



'Lithium occurs as a constituent in a subsurface saline brine; hectorite may be the source of the brine's lithium content. 



166 



SIXTEEN-TO-ONE— SILVER 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Ag, Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Esmeralda. 

Mining district Red Mountain. 

Elevation 2,130 m. 

Topography Rugged, mountainous. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 100 km southwest of Tonopah. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 32, T 2 S, R 38 E. 

Latitude 37°42'57" N. 

Longitude H7°47'06" W. 



Owner-operator Sunshine Mining Co., Dallas, TX, 66-2/3% (1985). 

Owner Mid-Continent Mining Co., Denver, CO, 33-1/3% (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fissure vein. 

Oirigin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 40" to 70° E: 65° to 90° SE. 
mineralized zone. 

Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 580. 

Thickness 6.7. 

Development depth . . 240. 

Mineral names Argentite-acanthite, proustite, 

pyrargyrite, marcasite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, native silver 
(minor), native gold, galena, sphalerite, pyrite, quartz, calcite, barite 
(minor), siderite (minor). 



Host formation Volcanics. 

Geologic age Miocene. 

Rock relationships Quartz vein, portions are ore. 

Andesite (tuff flows and tuifaceous 

sediments), primary host to vein. 
Rhyolite (tuff, flow breccias), host 

to vein in uppermost levels. 
Alteration Silicification (footwall), argillic 

(hanging wall). 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Sublevel blasthole stoping; 

685 t/d ore (1983). 

Year of discovery 1935 (first staked). 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production February 1982. 

Past production 19,490.8 kg (626,643 tr oz) Ag; 

138.5 kg (4,453 tr oz) Au (1982) (698). 
28,065.3 kg (902,321 tr oz) Ag; 
218.9 kg (7,037 tr oz) Au (1983) (700). 



Distance to water supply ... At millsite, 400-m well. 

Road requirement 14-km road improvement. 

Distance to power supply ... 8 to 14 km, 24.6 kV. 

Mill location 5.6 km east of mine. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Cyanide leach tank, CCD, zinc dust 

precipitation. 

Process rate 635 t/d (700 ton/d). 

Product type 20- to 30-kg dore buttons. 

Destination Airlifted to Sunshine's Big Creek 

Refinery, Kellogg, ID. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



l..Not reported in reference' 1,100,000 tons . 

2..Proven and probable 1,077,572 tons . 



7, 8, 124. 171, 224, 307, 339, 483, 487, 489, 
653, 694, 698, 699, 700, 765, 847. 



8.38 tr oz/ton Ag; 0.03 tr oz/ton Au 1982 847 

5.4 tr oz/ton Ag; 0.028 tr oz/ton Au 1984 700 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Goldfield, 1:260,000. 

Piper Peak, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320090134. 

Mid number 2601638. 



Comments: 1983 metal output recovered from ore averaging 1.65 g/t Au and 187 g/t Ag. 1983 mill output averaged 564 t per operating day. Sunshine's 
1983 annual report states the potential for additional reserves is excellent as drilling on the western and downdip extensions of the Sixteen-to- 
One Vein has intersected mineralization. Simshine reports the neeirby Nivloc Mine, under its control, contains up to 900,000 t of minable ore. 



'Reserve is minable reserve; includes 10% dilution of 1 tr oz/ton Ag, 0.01 tr oz/ton Au, and represents reserves above 6,650-ft elevation. 



167 



SNOOSE— BARITE 



Alternate names: Snoose Creek 



Commodities: BaSO, 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Snake Mountains. 

Elevation 2,100 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 28 km due north of Wells. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 4, T 40 N, R 62 E. 

Latitude 41°23'00" N. 

Longitude 114°58'17" W. 



Owner Minerals— Grube Estate, 50%; AZL Resources, Phoenix, AZ, 25%; Superior Oil Co., Sparks, NV, 25%. 

Surface-Sierra Pacific Power Co., Reno, NV (1983). 
Operator Chromalloy American Corp., St. Louis, MO (1983). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Sedimentation, hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Massive, tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 30° W: 35° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 335. 

Width 130. 

Thickness 14. 

Depth 0. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Current status Inactive-past producer (standby). 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1978. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1978. 

Last production 1982. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Host formation Valmy. 

CJeologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Greenstone, lies over ore. 

Siltstone, encloses ore. 

Chert, near ore. 

Limestone, encloses ore. 

Shale, encloses ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . Millsite. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . Mill on-site generation. 

Mill location 34 km northeast of mine. 

Mill status Standby. 

Milling method Crushing, screening, jigging. 

Mill feed capacity 565 t/d. 

Product type Unground barite concentrate. 

Distance shipped 56 km to Wells, NV, by truck; 

then 2,350 km to Cyril, OK, 

by rail. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



77, 95, 123, 226, 278, 449, 546, 669, 716, 
775, 778. 



USGS quad maps Wells, 1:250,000. 

Loomis Mountain, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070856. 

Mid number 2601759. 



168 



SPRINGER— TUNGSTEN 



Alternate ncunes: Nevada-Massachusetts, Sutton, Stank Mine, Humboldt Mine, 
Uncle Sam, Summit Mine, Mill City, Humboldt-Springer, Tungsten 



Commodities: W, Mo 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Pershing. 

Mining district Mill City. 

Elevation 1,493 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. 



General location About 13 km north of Imlay. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 35, T 34 N, R 34 E. 

Latitude 40°46'53" N. 

Longitude 118°07'56" W. 



Owner General Electric Corp., Fairfield, CT, 80%; Broken Hills Proprietary, Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, 20% (1983). 

Operator Utah International, Inc., San Francisco, CA (a wholly owned subsidiary of Broken Hills Proprietary, Ltd.) (1983). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement, fissure vein. 

Origin Contact metasomatic, hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Lithology, bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 20° E: 70° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,524. 

Width 400. 

Thickness 9.6. 

Mineral names Scheelite, molybdenite, chalco- 

pyrite, turquoise, arsenopyrite, stilbite, pyrrhotite, gaunet, pyrite. 



Host formation Raspberry. 

Geologic age Upper Triassic. 

Rock relationshps Limestone, replaced by ore, gangue. 

Hornfels, lies over ore, lies under 
ore. 

Slate, lies over ore, lies under 



Size, 



Quartzite, lies over ore, lies under 

ore. 
Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-developed (standby). 

Type of operation Undergroimd. 

Mining method Shrinkage stope (65%), cut and fill 

(36%). 

Year of discovery 1914. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1982 (from district, 1917). 

Last production Produced for a period in 1982. 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status On standby. 

Milling method Flotation and chemical (APT). 

Process rate 907 t/d. 

Product type APT. 

Distance shipped 3,496 km by truck. 

Destination Cleveland, OH (G.E.'s Refractory 

Metals products). 



No published reserve-resource information. 



206, 259, 260, 263, 314, 329, 342, 343, 352, 
376, 421, 478, 608, 685, 715, 739, 774, 830, 
846,848. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Lovelock, 1:260,000. 

Eugene Mountains Area, 16'. 

USBM sequence number 0320270048. 

USGS MRDS number M060313. 

Mid number 2600964. 



169 



STERLING— GOLD 



Alternate names: Diamond Queen, Gold Ranch, North Panauna, Panama, 
Abrose Open Pit 



Commodities: Au, Ag, Hg, 
Sb (Au-Ag ratio = 100:1) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Bare Mountain. 

Elevation 1,220 m. 

Topography Rugged, mountainous. 

Domain BLM administered. 



General location About 10 km east of Beatty. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 5, T 13 S, R 48 E (unsurveyed). 

Latitude 36°49'50" N. 

Longitude 116°38'25" W. 



Owner-operator Saga Exploration Co., Winnemucca, NV (1984). 

Owner Geomex Development, Inc., Calgary, AB, Canada, 46.5% (1984). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, fault zone, fissure-filling. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore control Fault (thrust). 

Strike and dip of North: unknown. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . 13.9 million yr. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length Undetermined. 

Width Up to 25. 

Thickness Up to 20. 

Mineral names Free gold, kaolinite, halloysite, 

alunite, limonite, jarosite, calcite, fluorite, stibnite, 
cerrusite, gatlena, possible cinnabar and pyrite. 



Host formations Wood Canyon. 

Bonanza King. 

Geologic ages Possible Precambrian. 

Cambrian. 

Rock relationships Siltstone (breccia), contains ore 

(upper plate. Bonanza King). 
Shale, contains ore (upper plate, 

Bonanza King). 
Breccia, common in ore zone. 
Jasperoid (breccia), near ore, may 

be ore. 
Dolomite (breccia), near ore, lies 
beneath ore. 

Alteration Oxidation, silicification (below 

ore), kaolinization. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Underground, surface. 

Year of discovery 1980 by Cordex exploration. 

Discovery method Unavailable. 

Initial production 1980. 

Past production 289 kg Au (9,303 tr oz) (1983) (533). 

Annual production rate . 280 to 370 kg Au. 



Distance to water supply . . . Unknown. 

Road requirement Unknown. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site diesel electric generation. 

Mill location Estimated 1 km east of mine. 

Mill status Active. 

Milling method Cyanide heap leach, carbon column 

recovery. 
Process rate 270 t/d (300 ton/d) projected in 

1980 for crxisher; crusher rated 

capacity is 82 t/h (90 ton/h) 

(see comments). 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



l..Not reported in reference' 250,000 tons 

2..Proven, probable, possible* 200,000 tons 



61, 97, 98, 209, 210, 533. 



0.5 tr oz/ton Au 1980 61 

0.20 oz/ton Au 1983 533 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Death Valley, 1:250,000. 

Bare mountain, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320230486. 

Mid number 2601503. 

Comments: Garside and Tingley (210) report disseminated gold mineralization occurs along thrust fault between upper plate siltstone and lower plate 
dolomite. The ore occurs mainly in the siltstone of the upper plate. Ore contains up to 0.5% Hg. In 1980, a test heap was planned in May 
and full-scale leaching was anticipated to commence as early as June or July 1980. 



'Garside and Tingley (210) report ore below 0.1 tr oz/ton Au not mined. Ore grades are generally 0.5 to 1 tr oz/ton Au, but can be up to 4 tr oz/ton 
Au. 
'Additional 7,600 tr oz recoverable gold reported in open pit. Total recoverable gold reserves is an estimated 41,000 tr oz. 



170 



STORMY CREEK-BARITE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: BaSO« 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Snake Mountains. 

Elevation 2,196 m. 

Topo^aphy Rugged. 

Domain Private. 

Owner' .... (1983). 

Lessee Old Soldier Minerals, Houston, TX (1983). 

Operator Oeowest Services, Inc., Elko, NV (1983). 



General location About 36 km northwest of Wells. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 27, T 42 N, R 61 E. 

Latitude 41«31'24" N. 

Longitude llS-ll'Sl" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Probably submarine volcanism. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 15 ° W: nearly flat lying. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 300. 

Width 200. 

Thickness 12. 

Depth 5. 

Mineral names Barite. 



Host formation Valmy. 

Geologic age Ordovician. 

Rock relationships Limestone, lies over ore. 

Chert, lies over ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer (standby). 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery Unknown. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1981. 

Last production 1982. 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site generation. 

Mill location 10.4 km from mine. 

Mill status Standby. 

Milling method Crushing, jigging. 

Process rate 908 t/d. 

Product type Crude barite. 

Distance shipped 3,000 km to Abbeville, LA; 2,000 km 

to Elk City, OK. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



87, 205, 226, 330, 392, 546, 548, 612, 669, 
688, 716. 



USGS quad maps Wells, 1:250,000. 

Stormy Peak, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320070882. 

Mid number 2601592. 



'Ownership is divided among numerous individuals of the Wright and Marble families of Deeth, NV. 



171 



SUTHERLAND— ANTIMONY 



Alternate names: Reid, Salvation, Kermesite, Thies-Hutchins 



Commodities: Sb 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Pershing. 

Mining district Block Knob. 

Elevation 1,603 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Private. 



General location About 19 km east of Lovelock. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 15, T 27 N, R 33 E. 

Latitude 40°12'45" N. 

Longitude 118°15'35" W. 



Owner-operator Saga Exploration Co., Winnemucca, NV (1976). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fault fissure. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting, fracturing. 

Strike and dip of Northwest: 80° W to 80° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 150. 

Width 75. 

Thickness 1. 

Depth 0. 

Minered names Stibnite. 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Year of discovery Unknown— prior to 1870. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1870. 

Last production 1975. 

Past production 1,542 t Sb metal {376). 



Host formation Possible Auld Lang Syne Group. 

Geologic ages Triassic. 

Jurassic. 
Rock relationships Sandstone, encloses ore. 

Shale, near ore. 

Limestone, encloses ore. 
Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . <50 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . <50 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



No published reserve-resoxirce information. 



329, 376, 683, 718. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Lovelock, 1:250,000. 

Lovelock, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320270355. 

USGS MRDS number M060406. 

Mid number 2600544. 



Comments: Sutherland Mine is reported to have been the largest antimony producer in Nevada. Most of the production was during World War I. 



172 



TAYLOR— SILVER 



Associated pit names: Northwest, Northeast, Bishop, Argus 



Commodities: Ag, Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County White Pine. 

Mining district Taylor. 

Elevation 2,290 m. 

Topography Hilly, rugged. 

Domain Mixed; private £uid National forest. 



General location About 24 km southeast of Ely. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 16, T 14 N, R 65 E. 

Latitude 39°04'40" N. 

Longitude 114°40'50" W. 



Owner-operator Silver King Mines, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, 50% (1984). 

Owner NERCO Minerals Co., Fairbanks, AK, 50% (A subsidiary of Pacific Power and Light Co., Portland, OR) (1984). 



Type of ore body Disseminated, breccia fill, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, blanketlike. 

Ore controls Fractures, folding, bedding. 

Strike and dip of N 18° W: 40° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Age of mineralization . 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions (of 
central higher 
deposit), m: 

Length 

Width 150. 

Thickness 15. 

Depth 9. 

Mineral names Argentite, native silver, possible 

cerargyrite, rare gedena, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, sphalerite, stib- 
nite, calcite, clay, limonite, rare fluorite. 



Cretaceous or Tertiary. 



900. 



GEOLOGY 




Host formation 


. . . . Guilmette (possibly Joana). 


Geologic age 


. . . . Devonian. 


Rock relationships 


. . . . Limestone breccia, encloses ore. 




Jasperoid limestone, is ore, gangue 




Rhyolitic dikes and sills, intrudes 




ore, contains ore zenoliths. 


Alteration 


Silicification (jasperiod). 


Size 


Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer.' 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit, benched; ore production 

about 1,500 t/d; stripping 
ratio = 1.7:1 (waste:ore). 

Year of discovery 1868 (district); early 1960's 

(present deposit). 
Discovery method Percussion drilling. 

Initial production 1965 (by Silver King, underground); 

May 1981 (open pit). 

Past production District— about 54,000 t ore, 690 

g/t Ag (prior to 1885). 
District— about 91,000 t ore, 340 

g/t Ag (1920-60). 
Taylor underground— 3,600 t ore, 

1,030 gA; Ag (1964). 
Taylor Pit->87,000 kg Ag (1982 to 
early 1984) (676). 
Annual production rate . 2,600 to 3,300 kg (85,000 to 105,000 
tr oz/month). 



Distance to water supply ... 1.8 km to deep wells. 

Road requirement 6 km was improved. 

Distance to power supply . . . 5-km 69-kV line installed. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status I*roducing. 

Milling method Agitated cyanide leach, CCD, zinc 

dust precipitation. 

Process rate 1,090 t/d (1,200 ton/d). 

Product type Silver precipitate. 

Distfince shipped 885 km. 

Destination Handy & Harmon, El Monte, CA. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



L.Proven and indicated 10,000,000 tons . 

2..Measured and indicated 7,000,000 tons . 



12, 90, 120, 121, 153, 157, 165, 167, 251, 252, 284, 
390, 414, 428, 429, 441, 442, 445, 446, 582, 636, 
637, 644, 647, 652, 654, 676, 760, 777, 789, 790. 



3.2 tr oz/ton Ag 1980 

3.2 tr oz/ton Ag (cutoff 2 tr oz/ton Ag) 1983 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Ely, 1:250,000. 

Conners Pass, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320330465. 

Mid number 2601564. 



636 
637 



Comments: Mineralized zone— asynmietrical-plunging anticline; orientation of dimensions are gross estimates. 



'The Taylor Mine closed after December 31, 1984, because of depressed silver prices. 



173 



THREE KIDS— MANGANESE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Mn 



County Clark. 

Mining district Las Vegas. 

Elevation 550 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain Mixed 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owner Sam's Ranch Estate, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (1984). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Hydrothermal, sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Lithology, faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 45° E: 30° N. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimension, m: 

Length 417. 

Width 396. 

Thickness 12. 

Depth 39. 

Mineral names Wad, psilomelane, pyrolusite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size . 



About 23 km southeast of Las Vega 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 35, T 21 S, R 63 E. 

36°04'50" N. 

114°47'23" W. 



Muddy Creek. 

Pliocene. 

Shale, lies over ore. 

Evaporite, lies over ore. 

Gypsiferous sandstone, is ore. 

Dolomite, lies over ore. 

Andesite, lies under ore. 

Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive, past producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit. 

Year of discovery 1917. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1917. 

Last production 1961. 

Past production 2,260,000 t ore averaging 18% Mn 

yielded nearly 610,000 t of concen- 
rates averaging 45% Mn (733). 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply , 
Mill location 



On-site. 
None. 
On-site. 

Milling facilities have been removed 
from site. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 
L.Demonstrated 7,230,000 t 



9, 41, 262, 267, 291, 327, 351, 386, 399, 407, 
457, 547, 721, 726, 733, 743, 744. 



Grade Year Reference 

13.2% Mn 1982 351 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Las Vegas, 1:250,000. 

Henderson, 7.5'. 

USBM sequence number 0320030010. 

USGS MRDS number M031085. 



174 



TONKIN SPRINGS— GOLD 



Alternate names: Rob ClEiim Group 



Commodities: Au 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Antelope. 

Elevation 2,130 m. 

Topography Hilly, mountainous. 

Domain BLM administered. 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



About 95 km northeast of Eureka. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 3, T 23-1/2 N, R 49 E. 

39°54'27" N. 

116°26'54" W. 



Owner-operator Silver State Mine Corp., Denver, CO, 55% (1985). 

Owner Precambrian Exploration, Inc., Lakewood, CO, 45% (1985). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Stratiform; irregular in plan. 

Ore controls Northwest-trending fractures, volcanic 

capping, sill-like intrusive. 
Strike and dip of Northwest: nearly horizontal. 

mineralized zone. 
Age of mineralization . . . Tertieu^. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 450. 

Width 300. 

Thickness: 

Zone 85. 

Bed =5 to =25. 

Depth to 70. 

Mineral names PVrite (auriferous), arsenopyrite 

(auriferous), possible free gold, realgar, orpiment, stibnite, calcite, 
jasper. (About 75% of the gold is thought to occur in sulfides.) 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships. 



Alteration 



Size . 



Lower Vinini. 

Ordovician. 

Sandy dolomite limestone-jasperoid 
replacement, contains ore. 

Black CEirbonaceous shale, near ore. 

Calcarenite, jasperoid replacement 
contains ore (best host). 

Siltstones, neai ore. 

Chert, near ore. 

Intrusives (syenite), near ore. 

Tertiary volc8inics, above ore. 

Silicification (jasperoid develop- 
ment), calcification, carboniza- 
tion. 

Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-exploration. 

Type of operation Would be surface. 

Mining method Would be open pit. 

Year of discovery 1981. 

Discovery method (jeochemical survey, geological mapping. 

Initial production No production schedule established. 

Past production None. 



Distance to water supply. . . Unknown. 

Road requirement Unknown. 

Distance to power supply. . . Unknown. 

Mill status Feasibility. 

Milling method Would require an autoclave system or 

some type of pressure chlorination- 
pressure acidation treatment. 



PU6USHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



l..Not reported in reference 4,000,000 tons 

2..Indicated 2,500,000 tons 

Indicated 500,000 tons 



Grade 



Year Reference 



0.05 tr oz/ton Au 

0.09 tr oz/ton Au; Upper Zone, stripping 

ratio = 2.4:1 (waste:ore). 
0.09 tr oz/ton Au; Lower Zone, stripping 

ratio = 14.7:1 (w£iste:ore). 

REFERENCES 



1976 
1983 

1983 



616 
241 

241 



27, 241, 486, 593, 616. 



USGS quad maps Millett, 1:250,000. 

Roberts Creek Mountains, 15'. 
USBM sequence number 0320110229. 

Comments: A northwest-trending set of high-angle normal faults, probably associated with basin and range rifling, is most important of two faulting pat- 
terns for mineralization. Gold distribution is homogeneous throughout microfractured rock along strike of mineral trend. 



175 



TONOPAH— TUNGSTEN 



Alternate names: Moly Tonopah, Jack 



Commodities: W, Cu, Mo 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Humboldt. 

Mining district Potosi. 

Elevation 1,743 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Unknown. 

Owner-operator Unavailable. 

Type of ore body Replacement, contact metasomatism. 

Origin Sedimentary, igneous intrusion. 

Shape of ore body Undetermined. 

Ore controls Lithology, fracturing, faulting. 

Strike and dip of North-northeast: east. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length >907. 

Width Unknown. 

Thickness Up to 4.6. 

Depth Unknown. 

Mineral names Chrysocolla, calcite, epidote, quartz 

pjTite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, scheelite, powellite. 



General location About 53 km northeast of Winnemucca. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 33, T 39 N, R 42 E. 

Latitude 41°12'36" N. 

Longitude 117°15'26" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation Preble. 

Geologic age Cambrian. 

Rock relationships Granodiorite, lies along ore. 

Skam, is ore. 

Marble, lies along ore, encloses 

ore. 
Homfels, lies along ore, encloses 

ore. 
Limestone, replaced by ore, lies 
along ore. 
Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Svirface, underground. 

Mining method Open pit, overhand stope. 

Year of discovery Before 1950. 

Discovery method Undetermined. 

Initial production 1950. 

Last production Unknown. 

Past production 19,750 tons ore, averaging 0.3% 

WOj containing 5,925 short ton 
units' WO, (285). 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 
Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 
Road requirement On-site. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



263, 269, 270, 272, 285, 801. 



USGS quad maps McDermitt, 1:250,000. 

Osgood Mountains, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320130047. 

USGS MRDS number M030029. 



Comments: Property is 183 to 366 m west of South Extension pit of the Getchell gold mine, operated by Getchell Mine, Inc., 1950-55. See references for 
Getchell Mine for additional information. 



•Short ton unit = 20 lb of contained WO,. 



176 



TONOPAH DIVIDE— GOLD 



Alternate names: Old Big Divide, Gold Hill, Gold Mountain, Divide 



Commodities: Au, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Esmeralda. 

Mining district Divide. 

Elevation 1,890 m. 

Topography Hilly, mountainous. 

Domain Unknown. 



Gienereil location About 10 km south of Tonopah. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 26, T 2 N, R 42 E. 

Latitude 37°59'42" N. 

Longitude 117°14'17" W. 



Owner Tonopah Divide Mining Co., Reno, NV (1984). 

Operator Ebco Enterprises, Tonopah, NV (Parent company is Falcon Explorations Co., Emeryville, CA. A lease-option agreement 

on the property has been held since 1980.) (1984) 



GEOLOGY 

IVpe of ore body Vein, disseminated in stockwork. Host formations . . . 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faults, fractures (shear zone). (Jeologic age 

Strike and dip of N 40° W: nearly vertical (main Rock relationships. 

mineralized zone. lode). 
Age of mineralization . . . Miocene (16 to 17 million yr). 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions (size Alteration 

Eis determined by assay 
walls) (361), m: 

Length 150. 

Width 135. Size 

Thickness 6.5. 

Depth 0. 

Minereil names Cerargjrite, "sooty" argentite, 

molybdenite, powellite, ferrimolydite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, au-gen- 
tiferous galena, possible tetrahedrite, limonite, sericite, pyrite, 
adularia, quartz, kaolinite. 



Volcanics— Fraction Breccia (princi- 
pal host). 

Siebert— Oddie Rhyolite. 

Tertiary. 

Rhyolitic volcanics, fractures 
contain ore, gangue. 

Rhyolitic breccia, fractures contain 
ore, gangue. 

Minor silicification, sericitic, 
chloritic, oxidation, pyritization; 
potassic, and propylitic zoned 
around fault zone. 

Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit; 1981-82 production rate 

was about 900 t/d ore. 

Year of discovery 1902, Au; 1917, Ag (district). 

Initial production About 1912; 1981 by Falcon Ex- 
ploration Co. 

Last production Closed in July 1982; reported active 

in 1983-84. Open pit expected 
to be mined out by end of 1984. 

Past production District total; 101,866 kg 

(3,275,079 tr oz) Ag; 1,010 kg 
(32,474 tr oz) Au. Most produc- 
tion from 1920-29 and from 
Tonopah Divide Mine (209). 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply , 
Mill location 



Mill status .... 
Milling method 



Process rate - 



On-site, 154-m well (mill). 

Existing. 

Unknown. 

10 km southwest of mine in Alkali 
Flat. 

Active. 

Cyanide heap leach, zinc precipita- 
tion (Ag), carbon precipitation 
(Au). 

907 t/d (1,000 ton/d) (1981); rated 
crusher capacity of 181 t/h (200 
toaJh). 



No published reserve-resource information.' 



7, 8, 62, 63, 64, 65, 209, 211, 361, 377, 629, 703. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



REFERENCES 



USGS quad maps Goldfield, 1:250,000. 

Mud Lake, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320090087. 

USGS MRDS number M030063. 

Mid number 2601527. 

Comments: Original mine life planned in 1981 was 5 yr. The mine plan was to initially mine and truck 70,000 t of mine dumps to the millsite at 
the approximate rate of 907 t/d. After completion of mining the dumps, mining would commence on the main open pit that contains ap- 
proximately 1.46 million t ore. Each heap pad contains approximately 360,000 t ore. 



•Falcon Exploration 1981 operations plans were to initially mine about 1.5 million t of combined dimip material and lode material. Garside and 
Tingley's field examination report of March 26, 1982 (211), states that the average grade is 8.6 g/t (0.25 tr oz/ton) Ag and about 2.7 g/t (0.08 tr 
oz/ton) Au. 



177 



TONOPAH HASBROUCK— GOLD 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Au, Ag 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



County Esmeralda. 

Mining district Divide. 

Elevation 1,735 m. 

Topography Hilly, mountainous. 

Domain BLM administered, private. 

Owner Cordex Exploration Co., Reno, NV (1984). 



General location About 8 km southwest of Tonopah. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 33, T 2 N, R 42 E. 

Latitude 37°59'29" N. 

Longitude 117°16'09" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Fissure veins, disseminated. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Faulting, fracturing, lithology. 

Age of minersdization . . . Mid-Miocene (15.5 to 16.5 million yr). 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length >1,500 (workings). 

Depth >90. 

Mineral names Free gold, electrum, argentite, silver 

halides, pyrite, quartz, sericite. 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Alteration 



Size 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Active-exploration, past producer. 

Type of operation Explored by Cordex for low-grade 

precious meted open pit. 

Year of discovery 1902, Ag discovered in district; 

1974, exploration commenced by 
Cordex Exploration Co. 

PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

Class Quantity Grade 

l..Not reported in reference 5,000,000 tons 0.06 tr oz/ton Au, 1.5 tr oz/ton Ag . . . . 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence number 



Siebert (Volcanic). 

Miocene. 

Rhyolite tuff, contains disseminated 
Au. 

Dacite and rhyolite breccia, con- 
tains ore. 

VolcaniclEistics, cut by ore veins, 
below disseminated Au. 

Argillic, silicification, oxidation; 
potfissic, phyllic, propylitic zones 
around fractures and faults. 

Small. 



Year Reference 
1982 611 



7, 8, 62, 63, 64, 65, 209, 211, 224, 361, 377, 381, 
611, 629. 



Goldfield, 1:250,000. 
Klondike 7.5'. 
0320090339. 



Comments: Sixteen samples taken from silicified sedimentary rocks on Hasbrouck Mountain by the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology in the 
1970's averaged 2 g/t (0.06 tr oz/ton) Au and 43.2 g/t (1.26 tr oz/ton) Ag (211). 



178 



VICTORIA— COPPER 



Alternate names: Anaconda- Victoria 



Commodities: Cu, Ag, Bi 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Elko. 

Mining district Dolly Varden. 

Elevation 2,316 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Private. 

Owner-operator Hecla Mining Co., Wallace, ID (1985). 



General location About 126 km northeast of Ely. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 5, T 28 N, R 66 E. 

Latitude 40°19'45" N. 

Longitude 114''33'05" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Skam-breccia pipe. Host formation . . . 

Origin Solution collapse, contact metamorphism. Geologic age 

Shape of ore body Arcuate in plan. Rock relationships. 

Ore controls Fracturing, contact zone. 

Dip of mineralized 45° 

zone. 
Age of mineralization . . . Possibly Cretaceous. 
Mineredized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 100. 

Width 175. 

Thickness 180. 

Mineral names Chalcopyrite, pyrite, chfilcocite. Alteration 

bomite, bismuthinite, quartz, calcite, wittichenite, Size 

covellite, chrysocolla, malachite, azurite, native copper (minor), 
cuprite, Fe-oxides, diopside, calcite. 



Pequop. 
Permian. 

Limestone, encloses ore, breccia 

contains ore. 
Dolomite, encloses ore, breccia 

contains ore. 
Calceu-eous sandstone-quartzite, 

encloses ore, breccia contains ore. 
Quartz latite porphyry dike, near 

ore. 
Porphyritic quartz monzonite, 

beneath ore. 
Siliciiication, argillic, oxidation. 
Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-peist producer, standby. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Mining method Sublevel block caving. 

Year of discovery 1872. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1973-74 (Anaconda). 

hast production 1977 (Anaconda); 1981 (Day Mines, 

Inc.-Hecla Mining Co.). 

Past production Confidential proprietary data. 



Distance to water supply . . . On-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Inactive, standby. 

Milling method Flotation. 

Process rate 907 t/d. 

Ihroduct type Cu-Ag concentrate. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class 



Quantity 



Grade 



Year Reference 



l..Proven 1,491,200 tons . 

2..Probable ; . 148,383 tons , 



25, 226, 337, 476, 669, 788, 823, 824, 836. 



2.34% Cu 1977 337 

2.51% Cu 1977 337 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Elko, 1:250,000. 

USBM sequence number 0320070001. 

USGS MRDS number W002693. 

Mid number 2600668. 

Comments: See reference 836 for additional reserve-resource data. Anaconda Minerals Co. explored the ore body in the early 1940's. Day Mines, Inc., pur- 
chased the property from Anaconda in 1979. Day Mines wm purchased by Hecla in 1981. The Victoria ore body is a breccia-fill deposit in 
the Pequop Limestone Formation near the contact of the Melrose porphyritic quartz monzonite stock of Cretaceous-Jurassic age. Bedded limestone, 
dolomite, and sandstone sediments of the Pequop surrounding the Victoria ore body have strikes trending from N 34° E to almost due east. 
Dips ramge from 0° to 34° S to SW, with an average dip of approximately 20° SW (337). 



179 



VIRGIN RIVER— MANGANESE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Mn 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Clark. 

Mining district Virgin River. 

Elevation 439 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain National recreation i 



General location About 61 km east of Las Vegas. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 13, T 20 S, R 67 E. 

Latitude 36°11'40" N. 

Longitude 114''27'28" W. 



Owner United States (managed by National Park Service) (1985). 

GEOLOGY 



IVpe of ore body Sedimentary. 

Origin Hydrothermal, sedimentation. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding, lithology. 

Strike and dip of N 6° W: 30° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,460. 

Width 260. 

Thickness 7. 

Depth 39. 

Mineral names Wad. 



Current status Inactive-explored. 

IVpe of operation Possible suiface. 

Year of discovery 1902. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production No production. 



Host formation Muddy Creek. 

Geologic age Pliocene. 

Rock relationships Shale, lies over ore. 

Gypsiferous sandstone, is ore. 

Basalt, lies over and under ore.' 
Size Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Road requirement <60 km. 

Distance to power supply . . . <60 km. 

Mill location No mill. 



PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES' 



Class 



Quantity 



1.. Measured 14,000 tons 

2.. Do 55,000 tons 

3.. Do 134,000 tons 

4.. Do 215,000 tons 

5.. Do 320,000 tons 



9, 262, 267, 291, 327, 353, 386. 407, 547, 
721, 726, 733 



Grade 



Year Reference 



Average: 17% Mn: cutoff": 15% Mn: 1949 407 

Average: 15% Mn; cutoff": 12% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 13% Mn; cutoff: 10% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 12% Mn; cutoff": 8% Mn 1949 407 

Average: 10% Mn; cutoff: 5% Mn 1949 407 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Las Vegas, 1:250,000. 

Virgin Basin, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320030009. 

USGS MRDS number M031088. 



'A 4.5-m basalt flow separates 2 manganiferous beds. 

Tonnages are cumulative and represent minimum mining width of 0.95 m. 



180 



WARD— ZINC-LEAD 



Associated ore bodies: Caroline, Good Luck 



County White Pine. 

Mining district Ward. 

Elevation 2,560 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain BLM administered. 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 



Commodities: Zn-Pb, Ag, 
Cu, Au, Mo (Mo— not 
recoverable, deep seated) 



General location About 13 km south-southwest of Ely. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 15, T 14 N, R 63 E. 

Latitude 39°04'45" N. 

Longitude 114°52'55" W. 



Owner-operator Silver King Mines, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (60%); Pacific Silver Corp., Salt Lake City, UT (40%) (1985). 

Royalties to Gulf Oil Corp., Denver, CO (a 2-1/2% net smelter return (NSR) on future production until accruance of $3.5 million); 

Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, OK (a 3% NSR). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular, mantos. 

Ore controls Lithology, fracturing. 

Strike and dip of N 55° W: 20° E. 

mineralized zone. 

Age of mineralization . . . Tertiary. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 760. 

Width 60. 

Thickness 14. 

Depth 280. 

Mineral names Sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, 

pyrite, covellite, chalcocite, barite, smithsonite, molybdenite, 
jasperoid. 



Host formations Ely. 

Joana. 

Guilmette Limestone. 
Gieologic ages Pennsylvanian. 

Mississippian. 

Devonian. 
Rock relationships Limestone, g£ingue. 

Skam, replaced by ore. 

Marble, gangue. 

Tertiary monzonite stock, sills, 
dikes, intrudes ore. 

Alteration Carbonization, silicification. 

Size Medium. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Active-development. 

Type of operation Underground, access by twin 1,370-m 

declines. 

Mining method Unknown. 

Yejir of discovery 1968 (deep ore bodies). 

Discovery method ; (jieological inference, drilling. 

Initial production Expected in 1986-87. 

Last production 1967 (district). 



Distance to water supply ... <3 km. 

Road requirement None. 

Disteuice to power supply . . . <10 km. 

Mill location On-site. 

Mill status Development. 

Milling method Flotation. 

Process rate 1,100 t/d (1,200 ton/d) planned. 

Construction to begin in 1985, 
completion in late 1986. 

Product type Zn, Cu, Pb concentrates. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

l..Not reported in reference' 5,000,000 tons , 

Indicated 17,000,000 tons 



Year Reference 
1983 637 

1983 637 



Grade 

3 tr oz/ton Ag; 1.4% Cu; 5.5% combined Pb-Zn at 

North Good Luck portion of deposit. 
30 million tr oz Ag; 2 billion lb combined Cu, 

Pb, and Zn. 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Ely, 1:250,000. 

Ely, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320330112. 

USGS MRDS number W016410. 

Mid number 2600576. 

Comments: A 1,100-t/d (1,200-tonyd) flotation plant is being designed such that capacity can be increased to 1,800 t/d or 2,700 t/d (2,000 or 3,000 
ton/d) at a later date. The first 5 yr of production are anticipated to average 100 g/t Ag, 5.5% Zn, and 1.4% Cu. 



145, 153, 166, 188, 203, 224, 258, 268, 284, 381, 
424, 433, 471, 490, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 
644, 645, 757, 776. 



'Resource is referred to as blocked. 



181 



WHITE CAPS— ANTIMONY 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: Au, Sb, As, 
Hg 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Nye. 

Mining district Manhattan. 

Elevation 2,438 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Unknown. 



General location About 66 km northeast of Tonopah. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 21, T 8 N, R 44 E. 

Latitude 38°31'54" N. 

Longitude 117°02'57" W. 



Owner Argus Resources, Inc., Glendale, CA (1986). 

GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Replacement. 

Origin Replacement of limestone. 

Shape of ore body Irregular. 

Ore controls Lithology, faulting. 

Mineralized zone aver- Unknown, 
age dimensions. 

Mineral names Grold, realgar, pyrite, stibnite, 

fluorite, cinnabar, orpiment. 



Current status Inactive-past producer. 

Type of operation Underground. 

Year of discovery 1905. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 



Host formation White Caps Limestone Member of the 

Gold Hill Formation. 

Geologic age Cambrian. 

Rock relationships Limestone, replaced by ore. 

Size Small. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Distance to water supply . . . Can be developed on-site. 

Road requirement None. 

Distance to power supply ... <10 km. 

Mill location Unknown. 



Initial production 1911. 

Last production 1964. 

Past production $2.6 million Au; 46 t Sb metal (376). 

PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

No published reserve-resource information. 

REFERENCES 



29, 191, 192, 194, 196, 276, 357, 368, 376, 814. 



USGS quad maps Tonopah, 1:260,000. 

Manhattan, 7.6'. 

USBM sequence number 0320230120. 

USGS MRDS number M05530. 



Comments: White Caps Mine is primarily a gold deposit containing appreciable amounts of antimony in the form of stibnite. 



182 



WHITE PINE— FLUORINE 



Alternate names: None 



Commodities: CaFj 



County Nye. 

Mining district Unorganized. 

Elevation 2,438 m. 

Topography Hilly. 

Domain , . National forest. 



LOCATION-OWNERSfflP 

General location 

Meridian 

Tract 

Latitude 

Longitude 



Owners Maynard and Lester Bisoni (1981). 



IVpe of ore body Disseminated, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Tabular. 

Ore controls Bedding, faulting. 

Strike and dip of N 40° W: 30° E. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 990. 

Width 300. 

Thickness 210. 

Mineral names Fluorite, calcite, quartz, vesuvianite, 

mica, diopside, orthoclase, chlorite. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation . . . 

Geologic age 

Rock relationships . 



Size. 



About 61 km southwest of Ely. 

Mount Diablo. 

Sec. 21, T 12 N, R 58 E. 

38°52'57" N. 

115°26'55" W. 



Lincoln Peak. 

Cambrian. 

Phyllite, encloses ore, ore in 

fractures. 
Limestone, encloses ore, replaced by 

ore. 
Rhyolite, near ore. 
Quartz monzonite, near ore. 
Quartz diorite, near ore. 
Large. 



DEVELOPMENT 



Current status Inactive-explored prospect. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Proposed open pit. 

Year of discovery 1976. 

Discovery method Ore minerad in place. 



Distance to water supply . 

Road requirement 

Distance to power supply . 



On-site. 
<10 km. 
<50 km. 



Initial production None. 



No published reserve-resource information. 



465, 456, 545. 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps 

USBM sequence number 



Lund, 1:250,000. 
Currant Mountain, 15'. 
0320230667. 



183 



WINDFALL— GOLD 



Alternate names: Eureka Windfall Mine, Western-Windfall Project 
Ore bodies: Windfall, Rustler, Paroni 



Commodities: Au, Ag 
(Au-Ag ratio =5.7:1) 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Eureka. 

Mining district Eureka (Pinto). 

Elevation 2,330 m. 

Topography Rugged. 

Domain Mixed; private and BLM administered. 



General location About 6.5 km south of Eureka. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 2, T 18 N, R 53 E. 

Latitude 39°27'15" N. 

Longitude 115°58'42" W. 



Owner Western Mining Services Ltd., Reno, NV (subsidiary of Western Gets, Oil and Mining, Reno, NV) (1982). 

Operator Western- Windfall Ltd., Eureka, NV (operational entity of Western Mining Services Ltd.) (1982). 



GEOLOGY 



Type of ore body Disseminated, replacement. 

Origin Hydrothermal, oxidation. 

Shape of ore body Sheeted, wedge-shaped. 

Ore controls Fracturing, faulting, folding, lithology. 

Age of mineralization . . . Late Cretaceous-Tertieiry. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length About 2,000. 

Width 30 to 60. 

Thickness >300. 

(Rustler ore body— 400 m by 200 m by 300 m deep). 

Mineral names Free gold, silver, iron oxides, arsenopyrite, 

kaolinite, jasperoid, quartz, calcite. 



Host formations . 
(jreologic ages . . . 



Rock relationships . 



Size . 



DEVELOPMENT 



Ciurent status Active-producer. 

Type of operation Surface. 

Mining method Open pit; multiple bench (3 m); 

about 320,000 t/a ore. 

Year of discovery 1902 or 1908; rediscovered in 1974 

by Idaho Mining Corp. 
Discovery method Geochemical anomaly (1974); drilling. 

Initial production 1975. 

Last production 1983. 

Past production About 59,000 t ore, 10 g/t Au (1908-19) 

{232); published production of 
recent yesirs is unavailable. 

Annual production rate . Reported 200 kg (5,000 tr oz) Au from 
leaching about 320,000 t ore (1982) 



Distance to water supply . 
Distance to power supply , 

Mill location 

Mill status 

Milling method 



Process rate . 
Product type 



Hamburg Dolomite. 

Dunderberg Shale. 

Mid-Cambrian. 

Upper Cambrian. 

Sanded dolomite, ore in fractures, 
lies under ore (Windfall ore body). 

Shale, ore in fractures, lies above 
ore. 

Jasperoid, contains ore (Rustler ore 
body). 

Oligocene intrusive and extrusive 
rhyodacite, lies near ore, lies 
above ore (ore bodies localize 
along shale-dolomite contact). 

Small. 



6.5 km to wells. 

3.2-km electric transmission line 
installed. 

On-site. 

Active. 

Cyanide heap leach, carbon adsorp- 
tion, electrolysis, smelting. 

1,100 t/d (1,250 ton/d) (1980). 

Dore bullion (60% Au, 30% Ag). 



PUBUSHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

L.Proven and indicated 3,000,000 tons . 



80, 83, 232, 365, 378, 412, 518, 520, 522, 552, 
593, 692, 775, 805. 



Grade Year Reference 

0.03 tr oz/ton Au 1975 805 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Ely, 1:250,000. 

Pinto Summit, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320110142. 

Mid number 2600891. 



Comments: The Hambvu-g Dolomite is the principal host. The Windfall Mine reopened and shut down again in 1983. As a result of the permeable 
texture of the Windfall ore, it was not necessary to crush it prior to heap leaching. Pond irrigation (rather than sprinkler irrigation) 
enables year-round leaching operations. The Windfall ore body is depleted, the Rustler ore body is being mined, and the Paroni ore body 
is being developed. 



184 



YERINGTON— COPPER 



Alternate names: Anaconda Copper, Empire Nevada 



Commodities: Cu, Mo, Ag, 
Au 



LOCATION-OWNERSHIP 



County Lyon. 

Mining district Mason. 

Elevation 1,366 m. 

Topography Rolling. 

Domain Private. 

Owner' Don Tibbals, Yerington, NV (1985). 



General location About 53 km southeast of Carson City. 

Meridian Mount Diablo. 

Tract Sec. 16, T 13 N, R 25 E. 

Latitude 38°59'01" N. 

Longitude 119°11'35" W. 



GEOLOGY 



Host formation Yerington Batholith. 

Geologic age Jurassic. 

Rock relationships Quartz monzonite, ore in fractures, 

gangue. 
Granodiorite, ore in fractures, 

gangue. 
Size Large. 



Type of ore body Disseminated, stockwork. 

Origin Hydrothermal. 

Shape of ore body Massive. 

Ore controls Igneous, fracturing. 

Strike and dip of N 60° W: 05° W. 

mineralized zone. 
Mineralized zone aver- 
age dimensions, m: 

Length 1,650. 

Width 490. 

Thickness 195. 

Depth 60. 

Mineral names Chalcopyrite, bornite, covellite, pyrite, 

magnetite, chrysocolla, cuprite, tenorite, malachite, chalcocite, copper. 

DEVELOPMENT 

Current status Inactive-past producer, abandoned. Distance to virater supply . . . On-site. 

Type of operation Surface. Road requirement None. 

Mining method Open pit. Distance to power supply . . . On-site. 

Mill status Dismantled. 

Year of discovery 1865. 

Discovery method Ore mineral in place. 

Initial production 1953. 

Last production 1978. 

Past production 771,000 t Cu from 144 million t ore (49). 

PUBLISHED RESERVES-RESOURCES 



Class Quantity 

L.Not reported in reference 126,900,000 tons 



25, 49, 126, 128, 140, 286, 295, 320, 360, 
453, 467, 567, 574, 575, 666, 695, 822, 
824. 



Grade Year Reference 

0.343% Cu 1982 49 

REFERENCES 

USGS quad maps Walker Lake, 1:250,000. 

Yerington, 15'. 

USBM sequence number 0320190001. 

USGS MRDS number M030104. 

Mid number 2600085. 



'In 1982, Don Tibbals reached an agreement to purchase the Yerington property from the Anaconda Minerals Co., Denver, CO. At that time, Tib- 
bals planned to convert most of the 3,295 ha (8,143 acres) into an industrial park, consisting of about 60 industrial buildings, 170 homes, 20 apart- 
ments, recreational buildings, and utilities including a sewage system. 



185 



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65. Geochemical Reconnaissance of the Tonopah, Lone 

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72. $24 Million Mine Project to Start in Nevada. V. 52, 

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73. Callicutt, W. Borealis: The Economic Advantages of a Fast- 
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76. Castelli, A. V. Barite— 113th Annual Survey and Outlook. 
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77. Barite— U.S. Production Continues Strong, Sets 

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78. Barite— 1 14th Annual Survey and Outlook. Eng. and 

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80. Chaffee, M. A., C. L. Forn, J. R. Hassemer, J. D. Hoffman, 
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81. Chamberlain, C. C. Mining Methods With Emphasis on Cost 
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91. Coats, R. R., and E. H. McKee. Ages of Plutons and Types 
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92. CoCa Mines, Inc. Annual Report, 1982. 1983, 8 pp. 

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97. Cornwall, H. R. Geology and Mineral Deposits of Southern 
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98. Cornwall, H. R., and F. J. Kleinhampl. Geology of the Bare 
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103. Crowder, D. F., P. T. Robinson, and D. L. Harris. Geologic 
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108. Davidson, C. F. Recovery of I.ithium From Clay by Selec- 
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111. De Mull, T. J., and R. A. Womack. Heap Leaching at 
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112. Desborough, G. A., F. G. Poole, R. K. Hose, and A. S. Radtke. 
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113. Desy, D. H. Iron and Steel. Ch. in Mineral Facts and Prob- 
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114. Dickson, F. W. Physical Chemical Processes Affecting 
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116. Dillard, G. Nevada Gold Production Continuing Upward, 
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117. Dole, R. B. Exploration of Salines in Silver Peak Marsh, 
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118. Dott, R. H., Jr. Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy of Elko and 
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119. Drewes, H. Structural Geology of the Southern Snake 
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120. Stratigraphic and Structural Controls of Mineraliza- 
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121. Geology of the Connors Pass Quadrangle, Schell 

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122. Drewes, H., and A. R. Palmer. Cambrian Rocks of Southern 
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123. Dunham, A. C, and J. S. Hanor. Controls on Barite 
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124. Earnest, D. F. Geology of the Sixteen-to-One Mine, 
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125. Edlund, V. E. Lime-Gypsum Processing of McDermitt Clay 
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126. Einaudi, M. Description of Skarns Associated With 
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127. General Features and Origins of Skarns Associated 

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128. Yerington Skarns; Field Trip 10, Skarn Deposits. 

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129. Ekburg, C. Geochemistry and Alteration Studies at Carlin 
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130. Ekren, E. B. Stratigraphy, Preliminary Petrology, and Some 
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131. Elevatorski, E. A. Nevada Industrial Minerals. Minobras, 
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132. Disseminated/Replacement Gold Deposits. 

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133. Elko (NV) Daily Free Press. Nevada Mines Acquired by 
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134. Magazine Describes Deal Arranged at Gold Quarry. 

Feb. 22, 1983, p. 1. 

135. . $12 Million Gold Project Announced at Buckhorn. 

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136. Emmons, W. H., and G. H. Garrey. Notes on the Manhat- 
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137. Engel, A. L. Treatment Tests of Scheelite Ores and Tailings. 
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138. Preliminary Tests of Nevada Oxidized Copper Ores. 

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139. Engel, A. L., and E. S. Shedd. Treatment Tests of Scheelite 
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140. Engineering and Mining Journal. Yerington Mine Starts 
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141. Duval Corp. V. 166, No. 7, 1965, pp. 118-119. 

142. News Briefs/Nevada-Duval Corp. V. 166, No. 9, 

1965, p. 186. 

143. Duval Corp. V. 167, No. 1, 1966, p. 128. 

144. This Month in Mining: Duval Expects Full Produc- 
tion at Nevada Property in 1967. V. 167, No. 7, 1966, p. 100. 

145. _____ . This Month in Mining: Phillips and Silver King 
Discover Second Cu-Zn-Ag Ore Zone in Nevada. V. 170, No. 11, 
1969, p. 111. 

146. Silver Peak Gives Bright Look to Foote Minerals 

Company Lithium Picture. V. 171, No. 4, 1970, pp. 71-73. 

147. Firms Developing a Large Tungsten Deposit in Elko 

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148. International Directory of Mining and Mineral 

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. This Month in Mining: Duval Gets Independent 



Study of Copper Process. V. 173, No. 5, 1972, p. 24. 

150. North American Iron Ore-Part I. V. 175, No. 11, 

1974, pp. 83-162. 

151. Duval and Cyprus Testing Ferric Chloride Leaches. 

V. 176, No. 6, 1975, p. 134. 

152. International Directory of Mining and Mineral 

Processing Operations: Section 2A— United States Mine/Plant 
Units, 1977, p. 205. 

153. . News Briefs/In the U.S.-Nevada. V. 178, No. 10, 

1977, p. 150. 

154. Svu-vey of Mine and Plant Expansion. V. 179, No. 

1, 1978, p. 75. 

155. Placer Amex Finds Uranium in Tertiary Caldera. 

V. 180, No. 2, 1979, pp. 29-31. 

156. Exploration Roundup— U.S.: U. V. Industries. V. 

180, No. 2, 1979, p. 184. 

157. . New Briefs/In the U.S.-Nevada. V. 180, No. 5, 

1979, p. 192. 

158. This Month in Mining: U.S.-Nevada. The 

Candelaria Silver Properties. V. 181, No. 1, 1980, p. 158. 

159. Exploration Roundup. Ongoing Projects: U.S.— 

Asarco, Inc. V. 181, No. 1, 1980, p. 170. 

160. This Month in Mining: Kennecott Will Recover Cop- 
per From Tailings Area. V. 181, No. 2, 1980, p. 48. 

161. This Month in Mining: Anaconda's Nevada Moly 

Project To Go On Stream in Fall of 1981. V. 181, No. 3, 1980, pp. 
39, 43. 

162. Exploration Roundup. High Gold Prices Spur Fran- 
tic Exploration, the Nevada Discoveries. V. 181, No. 10, 1980, p. 31. 

163. This Month in Mining: U.S.— Nevada-Alligator 

Ridge Uses Heap Leaching To Produce Gold Bullion Ores. V. 182, 
No. 8, 1981, pp. 35-37. 

164. Exploration Roundup. Ongoing Projects— U.S. V. 

182, No. 12, 1981, p. 31. 

165. 45 Top U.S. Silver Mmes and 27 Leading U.S. Silver 

Mining Companies. V. 183, No. 6, 1982, p. 15. 

166. This Month in Mining: Silver King Will Place Ward 

Property Into Production in 1985. V. 183, No. 7, 1982, p. 49. 

167. News Brief/In the U.S.-Nevada. V. 183, No. 11, 

1982, pp. 168-169. 

168. International Directory of Mining and Mineral 

Processing Operations: Section 2A— United States Mine/Plant 
Units. 1982, p. 221. 

169. This Month in Mining: Nevada. V. 184, No. 6, 1983, 

pp. 45, 119. 

170. This Month in Mining: Cortez Gold Mines. V. 184, 

No. 6, 1983, p. 119. 

171. Sunshine's New Sixteen-to-One Silver Mine: Mass 

Production Systems Applied to a Small Mine at a Remote Nevada 
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172. This Month in Mining: Gold and Silver Projects 

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469. Anaconda's Moly Property Gets Another Evalua- 
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470. Nevada's Gooseberry Mine is Profiled by Mine 

Geologist. Bull., v. 2, No. 7, 1978, pp. 12-13. 

471. Gulf Oil Drills Ward Mountain for Copper-Silver- 
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472. U.V. Industries, Colby Mines Drill for Moly 

Mineralization. Bull., v. 2, No. 10, 1978, pp. 12-13. 

473. Kennecott Starts Engineering To Recover Copper 

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474. Mercury Mine: Depressed Market; But Safety Stan- 
dards High. Bull., V. 3, No. 5-6, 1979, p. 9. 

475. FTC Move Huge Nevada 'Moly' Mine Closer to 

Reality. Bull., v. 3, No. 7, 1979, pp. 3-4. 

476. Day Mines Will Re-Activate Elko Underground Cop- 
per Mine. Bull., v. 3, No. 7, 1979, p. 5. 

477. Kennecott Budgets $12-$15 Million for Recovery 

of Tailings. Bull., v. 3, No. 7, 1979, p. 11. 

478. G.E. to Re-Open Tungsten Mine in Pershing County. 

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479. Freeport Reserves Expanded; Milling Upped to 2,750 

tpd. Bull., V. 4, 1980, pp. 4-7. 

480. Cyprus to Put Northumberland Gold Mine Into Pro- 
duction. Bull., V. 4, Aug.-Oct. 1980, p. 16. 

481. List, Santini Welcomes Amselco's New Gold "Heap 

Leach" Mine. Bull, v. 5, No. 2, 1981, pp. 1-2. 

482. Pinson Gold Mine in Production With Efficient, 

Automated Mill. Bull., v. 5, No. 2, 1981, pp. 2-3. 

483. Sunshine's Silver Peak Mine Unlike Famed Silver 

Lode in Idaho. Bull., v. 5, No. 2, 1981, pp. 4-5. 

484. Duval Corporation Discovery Boosts Open Pit Gold 

Reserves in Lander. Bull., v. 5, No. 6, 1981, p. 8. 

485. Santini, HIMCO Officials Join Dedication of New 

Borealis Mine. Bull., v. 5, No. 6, 1981, pp. 10-11. 

486. Energy Reserves Group Finds Gold Mineralization 

in Eureka County. Bull., v. 5, No. 6, 1981, p. 16. 

487. Santini Lauds Opening of Silver Peak Underground 

Silver Mine. Bull., v. 6, No. 1, 1982, pp. 14-15. 

488. HIMCO's Borealis Gold Mine Geology Described 

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489. Sunshine Sixteen-To-One Mine Opens in Silver 

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490. Silver King's Ward Mine Near Ely Gearing for Pro- 
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491. NERCO Makes Bid for Two Large Precious Metal 

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492. Smoky Valley Mine Benefits Told; Land Ownership 

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493. Dee Gold Mine Gears Up; Bids Out for Construc- 
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494. Tenneco Restarts Open-Pit Gold Mine at Historic 

Manhattan. Bull., v. 7, No. 3, 1983, p. 8. 

495. Placer Amex Test Run of New Open-Pit Gold Mine. 

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496. Lacana Constructs Test "Heaps" for Relief Canyon 

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497. Goldfield May Be Scene of Joint Venture Open-Pit 

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498. NERCO Reopens Nation's Largest Open Pit Silver 

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499. Placer Development Targets U.S. Activities on 

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500. Fortitude Gold-Silver Mine Boosts Duval's Nevada 

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501. Industrial Development Bonds Used To Help 

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502. Blackhawk and Southern Pacific Joint Venture 

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503. Lacana Becomes Operator of Santa Fe Gold 

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527. Oxbow Nevada Tungsten Mill Expansion Is in 

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532. Ruskin Plans Drilling Hilltop Gold Property. June 

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APPENDIX A.— LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 



CHEMICAL SYMBOLS 

Ag Silver. 

Al Aluminum. 

AI2O3 Alumina. 

APT Ammonium paratungstate. 

Au Gold. 

Ba Barium. 

BaS04 Barium sulfate, barite. 

Be Beryllium. 

Ca Calcium. 

CaFj Fluorite, fluorspar. 

CaO Calcium oxide. 

Co Cobalt. 

Cu Copper. 

F Fluorine. 

Fe Iron. 

Hg Mercury. 

Li Lithium. 

LiOj Lithia. 

LijCOg Lithium carbonate. 

Mg Magnesium. 

MgO Magnesia. 

Mn Manganese. 

Mo Molybdenum. 

M0S2 Molybdenite, molybdenum sulfide. 

Ni Nickel. 

Pb Lead. 



S Sulfur. 

Sb Antimony . 

Se Selenium. 

V Vanadivun. 

V2O5 Vanadium pentoxide. 

W Tungsten. 

WO3 Tungsten trioxide. 

Zn . Zinc. 



MISCELLANEOUS ABBREVIATIONS 
AND SYMBOLS 

BLM (U.S.) Bureau of Land Management. 

CCD Countercurrent decantation. 

Insol Insoluble. 

MRDS Mineral Resources Data System. 

ppt Precipitation. 

quad Quadrangle. 

R Range. 

Sec Section. 

T Township. 

USBM (U.S.) Bureau of Mines. 

USGS U.S. Geological Survey. 

° Degree. 

' Minute of arc (plane angle). 

" Second of arc (plane angle). 



APPENDIX B.— COMMON CONVERSION FACTORS^ 



To convert to kilograms (kg) 

from— Multiply by- 
Grams 0.001 

Troy ounces .0311035 

Pounds (avoirdupois) .453592 

Short tons 907.185 

Metric tons 1,000.0 

To convert to metric tons (t) 

from— Multiply by- 
Grams 0.000001 

Pounds (avoirdupois) .000453592 

Kilograms .001 

Short tons .907185 

To convert to troy ounces ifr oz) 

from— Multiply by- 
Grams 0.0321507 

Pennyweights .05 

Pounds (avoirdupois) 14.5833 

Kilograms 32.1507 

Short tons 29,166.7 

Metric tons 32,150.7 

To convert to pounds (lb) from— Multiply by- 
Grams 0.00220462 

Troy ounces .0685714 

Kilograms 2.20462 

Short tons 2,000.0 

Metric tons 2,204.62 



To convert to short tons (ton) 

from— Multiply by- 
Grams 0.00000110231 

Pounds (avoirdupois) .0005 

Kilograms .00110231 

Metric tons 1.10231 

To convert to 76-lb flasks from— Multiply by- 
Grams 0.0000290082 

Pounds (avoirdupois) .0131579 

Kilograms 0.0290082 

Short tons 26.3158 

Metric tons 29.0082 

To convert to grams per metric 
ton from— Multiply by- 
Troy ounces per short ton 34.2857 

To convert to troy ounces per 
short ton from— Multiply by- 
Grams per metric ton 0.0291667 

To convert to cubic meters (m^) 
from— Multiply by- 
Acre feet 1,233.6192 



■Except for cubic meter conversion to acre feet, conversion factors are 
from BuMines Statistical Standard 1-83, June 6, 1983. 

Note: Boldface conversion factors are exact. 



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